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" Risk: A measure of the probability of an adverse or untoward outcome and the severity of the resultant harm to health of individuals in a defined population associated with use of a medical technology applied for a given medical problem under specified... "
The Implications of Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Medical Technology - Page 191
by United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment - 1980 - 219 pages
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Technology in American Health Care: Policy Directions for Effective ...

Alan B. Cohen, Ruth S. Hanft - 2004 - 494 pages
...severity of the resultant harm to health of individuals in a defined population, associated with the use of a medical technology applied for a given medical problem under specified conditions of use" (US Congress, OTA 1982, 33). The clinical risks of untested and unproven technologies can be considerable...
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Strategies for Medical Technology Assessment: Summary

1982 - 227 pages
...conditions. Also called "precision. " Risk: A measure of the probability of an adverse or untoward outcome and the severity of the resultant harm to health of...probability and level of adverse or untoward outcomes v. positive outcomes for any given action. The comparison of outcomes does not take into consideration...
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Remote sensing and the private sector : issues for discussion.

1984 - 168 pages
...outcome and the severity of the resultant harm to health of individuals in a defined population and associated with use of a medical technology applied...medical problem under specified conditions of use. Safety: A judgment of the acceptability of risk (see above) in a specified situation. Technology: The...
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Variations in Hospital Length of Stay: Their Relationship to Health Outcomes

Mark R. Chassin - 1983 - 83 pages
...outcome and the severity of the resultant harm to health of individuals in a defined population and associated with use of a medical technology applied...medical problem under specified conditions of use. Safety: A judgment of the acceptability of risk (see above) in a specified situation. Validity: A measure...
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