Quality of life and technology assessment / / Frederick Mosteller and Jennifer Falotico-Taylor, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910961632003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1989
• ISBN: 9786610214198; 9781280214196; 1280214198; 9780309582209; 0309582202; 9780585154039; 0585154031
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (132 p.)
• Collana: Monograph of the Council on Health Care Technology
• Altri autori (Persone): MostellerFrederick <1916-2006.>; Falotico-TaylorJennifer
• Disciplina: 616.029
• Soggetti: Medical technology; Quality of life
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Institute of medicine."
• Nota di contenuto: ""Quality of Life and Technology Assessment""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Conceptual Background and Issues in Quality of Life""; ""CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND""; ""A Continuum of Health-Related Measures""; ""Health Status""; ""Quality-of-Life Measures""; ""ISSUES RELATING TO SELECTING HEALTH AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE MEASURES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 The Use of Quality-of-Life Measures in Technology Assessment""; ""LITERATURE REVIEWS""; ""Study Design""; ""Not Reinventing the Wheel""; ""THE VALUE OF ASSESSING QUALITY OF LIFE AS AN OUTCOME""; ""Work Status""; ""DIAGNOSISâ€?AN OPEN PROBLEM""""ROLES OF THE EXAMPLES""; ""TWELVE APPLICATIONS OF QUALITY-OF-LIFE MEASURES TO TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT""; ""Study 1. Antihypertensive Medications""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 2. ; Arthritis Medications""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 3. Adjuvant Chemotherapy""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""""Study 4. Alternative Chemotherapy Regimens in Advanced Breast Cancer""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 5. Counseling for Stage IV Cancer""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 6. Surgery for Breast Cancer""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 7. Cardiac Transplant and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery""""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 8. Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 9. Long-term Dialysis and Renal Transplant""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 10. Renal Transplantation and Dialysis""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 11. Case Management and Usual and Customary Services for Chronically Mentally Ill Patients""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 12. Health Insurance Payment Mechanisms""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Quality-of-Life Measures in Liver Transplantation""; ""QUALITY-OF-LIFE MEASURES""
• Sommario/riassunto: The field of health care technology assessment focuses on the use of medical technologies--their impacts on safety, efficacy, and effectiveness; cost-effectiveness and cost benefit; quality; and their social, legal, and ethical implications. This wide-ranging monograph addresses some of the gaps in understanding health status and quality of life, such as the use of quality-of-life measures in technology assessment, organ transplantation, and pharmaceutical trials. One chapter provides basic references for the technical attributes of many established measures and some lesser known ones. The final chapter offers recommendations concerning the appropriate applications of these measures and highlights areas for cooperative research.