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" Effectiveness: Same as efficacy (see below) except that it refers to average or actual conditions of use. Efficacy: The probability of benefit to individuals in a defined population from a medical technology applied for a given medical problem under ideal... "
The Implications of Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Medical Technology - Page 190
by United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment - 1980 - 219 pages
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Pharmaceutical R&D: Costs, Risks and Rewards : Summary, Page 49

1993 - 380 pages
...rate: The interest rate used to convert future cash flows to their present value. Drug: In this report, any chemical or biological substance that may be applied to, ingested by, or injected into humans to prevent, treat, or diagnose disease or other medical conditions. Drug receptor: A site or structure...
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Buying Medical Technology in the Dark: How National Health Reform ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities, and Technology - 1994 - 288 pages
...medical community application. drug A substance used as medicine in the treatment of illness or disease. Any chemical or biological substance that may be applied to, ingested by, or injected in order to prevent, treat, or diagnose disease or other medical conditions. existing technology Considered...
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Remote sensing and the private sector : issues for discussion.

1984 - 168 pages
...platelets). Cytotoxic: A specific toxic action on cells of special organs. Discounting: A procedure used in economic analysis to reduce to present value...efficacy (see below) except that it refers to average or actual conditions of use. Efficacy: The probability of benefit to individuals in a defined population...
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Strategies for Medical Technology Assessment: Summary

1982 - 227 pages
...benefits in society are allocated in proper proportion to each individual's legitimate claim to them. Drug: Any chemical or biological substance that may...(see below) except that it refers to "... average or actual conditions of use." Efficacy: The probability of benefit to individuals in a defined population...
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Technology transfer at the National Institutes of Health.

191 pages
...purposive application of skills or knowledge, or both, by a health care provider to a patient; 2) A drug is any chemical or biological substance that may be applied...treat, or diagnose disease or other medical conditions; 3) A device is any physical item, excluding drugs, used in medical care, and may range from a machine...
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Cardiac radionuclide imaging and cost effectiveness

68 pages
...structures of the heart by the echo obtained from beams of ultrasonic waves directed through the heart wall. Effectiveness: same as efficacy (see below) except...refers to "average conditions of use. " Efficacy: benefit achieved in a defined population from a medical technology applied for a given medical problem...
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Pharmaceutical R&D costs, risks, and rewards.

1993 - 360 pages
...rate: The interest rate used to convert future cash flows to their present value. Drug: In this report, any chemical or biological substance that may be applied to, ingested by, or injected into humans to prevent, treat, or diagnose disease or other medical conditions. Drug receptor: A site or structure...
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Adverse reactions to HIV vaccines : medical, ethical, and legal issues.

1995 - 201 pages
...indirect gains (benefits) are derived from the resources expended (costs) to achieve a stated objective. Effectiveness Same as efficacy (see below) except that it refers to "...average or actual conditions of use." Compare efficacy. Efficacy The probability of benefit to individuals...
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Medical Technology and Costs of the Medicare Program

United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment - 1984 - 227 pages
...payment for inpatient services by Medicare which was mandated by the Social Security Amendments of 1983. Effectiveness: Same as efficacy (see below) except that it refers to ". . . average or actual conditions of use. " Efficacy: The probability of benefit to individuals in a defined population...
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Variations in Hospital Length of Stay: Their Relationship to Health Outcomes

Mark R. Chassin - 1983 - 83 pages
...utilization of services, and some on the characteristics of the hospital or area in which it is located. Effectiveness: Same as efficacy (see below) except that it refers to average or actual conditions of use. Efficacy: The probability of benefit to individuals in a defined population...
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