Health Care Technology and Its Assessment in Eight CountriesDIANE Publishing, 1995 - 368 pages Examines the management of health care technology in 8 countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, the U.K & the U.S. Six technologies (or sets of technologies) -- including evaluation & management efforts & how the technologies diffused -- are presented & compared: treatments for coronary artery disease, imaging technologies (CT & MRI scanning), laparoscopic surgery, treatments for end-stage renal disease, neonatal intensive care, & breast cancer screening. Extensive bibliography for each country. Charts & tables. |
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... payment for health care . Physicians may be paid highly for doing endoscopies , and studies showing that endoscopy is overused will probably have little effect on practice as long as use is well rewarded . This situation underlines the ...
... payment for health care . Physicians may be paid highly for doing endoscopies , and studies showing that endoscopy is overused will probably have little effect on practice as long as use is well rewarded . This situation underlines the ...
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... payment for technologies are discussed , and the chapters end with the case studies mentioned above showing how these policies have been applied . The final chapter of the report draws general lessons from the eight countries . As ...
... payment for technologies are discussed , and the chapters end with the case studies mentioned above showing how these policies have been applied . The final chapter of the report draws general lessons from the eight countries . As ...
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... payment to the physician . ) Other studies have demonstrated that the costs of an MRI scan are considerably more than those of a CT scan ( 45 ) . With increased throughput , MRI units have done well financially ( 32 ) . MRI costs may be ...
... payment to the physician . ) Other studies have demonstrated that the costs of an MRI scan are considerably more than those of a CT scan ( 45 ) . With increased throughput , MRI units have done well financially ( 32 ) . MRI costs may be ...
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... payment for its use will be covered by insurance . Capital grants that fund the acquisition of high- cost technologies are a means for government to achieve controlled introduction and distribution of health care technologies , which ...
... payment for its use will be covered by insurance . Capital grants that fund the acquisition of high- cost technologies are a means for government to achieve controlled introduction and distribution of health care technologies , which ...
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... pay any additional amount . The propor- tion of all services direct billed in this way increased from 45 percent in 1984/85 to 60 per- cent in 1990/91 ( 13 ) . Agreements among governments enable all pa- tients covered by Medicare to ...
... pay any additional amount . The propor- tion of all services direct billed in this way increased from 45 percent in 1984/85 to 60 per- cent in 1990/91 ( 13 ) . Agreements among governments enable all pa- tients covered by Medicare to ...
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Page iv - NOTE: OTA appreciates and is grateful for the valuable assistance and thoughtful critiques provided by the advisory panel members. The panel does not, however, necessarily approve, disapprove, or endorse this report. OTA assumes full responsibility for the report and the accuracy of its contents.
Page 318 - By 1976 the Committee on Perinatal Health— a joint effort of the American Medical Association, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American Academy of Pediatrics — had outlined a three-tiered system of regionalized maternal and perinatal health services.
Page 17 - What is the optimum interval between mammographic screening examinations? An analysis based on the latest results of the Swedish two-county breast cancer screening trial.
Page 299 - USPSTF is a committee impaneled by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (in the Department of Health and Human Services) that produced a set of 169 recommended preventive services, collected and published as a book in 1989 (154).
Page 242 - Three targets were selected for mental health: • to improve significantly the health and social functioning of mentally ill people • to reduce the overall suicide rate by at least 15% by the year 2000...
Page 19 - Parliament consisting of the Queen, a Senate, and a House of Representatives.
Page 215 - The Swedish Planning and Rationalization Institute of the Health and Social Services...
Page 18 - Effect of coronary artery bypass graft surgery on survival: overview of 10-year results from randomised trials by the Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Page 270 - To reduce the death rate for breast cancer in the population invited for screening by at least 25% by the year 2000...
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