Assessing medical technologies [[electronic resource] ] : report of a study / / by a committee of the Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences Policy, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1985
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (592 p.)
• Disciplina: 610/.28
• Soggetto topico: Medical care - United States; Technology assessment - United States; Medical technology - United States - Evaluation; Medical care; Technology assessment; Medical technology - Evaluation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Outgrowth of a conference held by the Institute of Medicine in 1980.; Prepared by the Committee for Evaluating Medical Technologies in Clinical Use.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Assessing Medical Technologies""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""PROCEDURE FOR THE STUDY""; ""AUDIENCE FOR THE STUDY""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""THE SCOPE OF U.S. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT""; ""Varieties and Expense of Assessment""; ""Federal Government""; ""Drug Industry""; ""Medical Device Industry""; ""Other Private Sector Assessment Activities""; ""Lags in Assessment""; ""Recommendations""; ""METHODS OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT""; ""EFFECTS OF EVALUATION ON DIFFUSION OF TECHNOLOGY""; ""Diffusion and Its Determinants"" ; ""Types of Evaluation That Precede Accepted Medical Practice""""Recommendations""; ""REIMBURSEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT""; ""Assessment in the New Era of Cost Containment""; ""Paying for Technology Assessment""; ""Recommendations""; ""MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT ABROAD""; ""Recommendations""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""The Challenge""; ""Key Functions for Assessment""; ""Building a System""; ""Financing""; ""Recommendations""; ""1 Introduction""; ""POLIO""; ""SURGICAL PROCEDURE""; ""EXAMPLES OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT""; ""Electronic Fetal Monitoring"" ; ""Computed Tomography Scanning""""Drug Treatment for Hypertension""; ""Hysterectomy""; ""Medical Information System""; ""SOME LESSONS FROM THE EXAMPLES""; ""COMPREHENSIVE TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT""; ""DIFFERENT PARTIES, DIFFERENT AIMS IN ASSESSMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 The Scope of U.S. Medical Technology Assessment""; ""AN OVERVIEW""; ""VARIETIES OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT""; ""NATIONAL EXPENDITURES FOR HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, CLINICAL TRIALS, AND TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT""; ""FEDERAL GOVERNMENT""; ""National Institutes of Health""; ""Office of Medical Applications of Research"" ; ""Food and Drug Administration""""Office of Technology Assessment""; ""Prospective Payment Assessment Commission""; ""Health Care Financing Administration""; ""National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment""; ""Office of Health Technology Assessment""; ""National Center for Health Statistics""; ""Veterans Administration""; ""Centers for Disease Control""; ""Department of Defense""; ""DRUG INDUSTRY""; ""Drug Industry Research and Development""; ""Assessment of Drugs""; ""Expenditures for Drug Assessment""; ""MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY"" ; ""Medical Device Industry Research and Development""""Assessment of Medical Devices""; ""Expenditures for Medical Device Assessment""; ""OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES""; ""Insurers""; ""Medical Associations""; ""Policy Research Groups""; ""Industry Associations""; ""Provider Institutions""; ""Academic Institutions""; ""Employers""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Assessment Concerns""; ""Coordination of Assessment Information""; ""Responsibility for Conduct of Assessments""; ""Evaluation of Assessment Programs""; ""Financial Support for Medical Technology Assessment"" ; ""Amount of Support""
• Titolo autorizzato: Assessing medical technologies
• ISBN: 1-280-22193-3; 9786610221936; 0-309-56306-2; 0-585-14244-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455416503321
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