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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... Plans for surgery changed in 20 percent of the pa- tients , and plans for radiotherapy changed in 8 percent . Although most MRI scans are of the brain ( 11 ) , a specific advantage of MRI lies in diagnosis of spinal cord problems ...
... Plans for surgery changed in 20 percent of the pa- tients , and plans for radiotherapy changed in 8 percent . Although most MRI scans are of the brain ( 11 ) , a specific advantage of MRI lies in diagnosis of spinal cord problems ...
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... apparent in 104 cases where surgery was avoided ; in 55 where invasive procedures were avoided ; in 151 where MRI led to surgery or im- proved surgical planning ; and in 175 where a cor- Chapter 2 Health Care Technology in Australia 143.
... apparent in 104 cases where surgery was avoided ; in 55 where invasive procedures were avoided ; in 151 where MRI led to surgery or im- proved surgical planning ; and in 175 where a cor- Chapter 2 Health Care Technology in Australia 143.
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Mary Adams H. David Banta. proved surgical planning ; and in 175 where a cor- rect diagnosis was established after incorrect results from CT or other tests . Another study considered the follow - up of 1,119 consecutive patients examined ...
Mary Adams H. David Banta. proved surgical planning ; and in 175 where a cor- rect diagnosis was established after incorrect results from CT or other tests . Another study considered the follow - up of 1,119 consecutive patients examined ...
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... planning of health care services . The Australian experiment of linking the introduction and support of health care technolo- gies to assessment is now in its second decade . There have been some significant successes in in- forming ...
... planning of health care services . The Australian experiment of linking the introduction and support of health care technolo- gies to assessment is now in its second decade . There have been some significant successes in in- forming ...
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... plans in several western prov- inces and the growth of private sector Blue Cross / Blue Shield plans in several other prov- inces . Wrangling continued until 1956 , when the two levels of government agreed to a financing scheme based 64 ...
... plans in several western prov- inces and the growth of private sector Blue Cross / Blue Shield plans in several other prov- inces . Wrangling continued until 1956 , when the two levels of government agreed to a financing scheme based 64 ...
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Advisory Angioplasty Australia benefits breast cancer breast cancer screening budget CABG Canada Canadian cardiac cardiac surgery centers cholecystectomy Committee coronary artery costs countries coverage CT scanners CT scanning Department of Health diagnostic dialysis diffusion disease drugs ECMO economic effective equipment Erythropoietin ESRD established evaluation federal financing France guidelines health care system health care technology Health Council health insurance health services imaging impact increase introduction laparoscopic cholecystectomy laparoscopic surgery limited Magnetic Resonance Imaging mammography mandatory sickness funds medical devices medical technology Medicare ment million Minister Ministry of Health neonatal intensive Netherlands NHTAP NICU organizations patients payment percent pharmaceuticals physicians population procedures provincial PTCA Public Health Quebec regional regulation reimbursement renal role sector sessment social studies Sweden Swedish technolo tion tive transplantation treatment U.S. Congress U.S. Department United Kingdom women
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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...
Page 60 - Worldwide Differences in Asthma Prevalence and Mortality. Why is Asthma Mortality So Low in the USA?