The Economics Of Medical Technology

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030904491X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Changing Economics of Medical Technology written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans praise medical technology for saving lives and improving health. Yet, new technology is often cited as a key factor in skyrocketing medical costs. This volume, second in the Medical Innovation at the Crossroads series, examines how economic incentives for innovation are changing and what that means for the future of health care. Up-to-date with a wide variety of examples and case studies, this book explores how payment, patent, and regulatory policiesâ€"as well as the involvement of numerous government agenciesâ€"affect the introduction and use of new pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and surgical procedures. The volume also includes detailed comparisons of policies and patterns of technological innovation in Western Europe and Japan. This fact-filled and practical book will be of interest to economists, policymakers, health administrators, health care practitioners, and the concerned public.

Author : Frans F.H. Rutten
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642727859
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Medical Technology written by Frans F.H. Rutten and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological development has created major possibilities for the treatment of disease and for the disabled. The cost of new technologies has added considerably to health care cost intlation, which still exceeds the growth rates of most national economies. The share of national resources devoted to health care is still rising, although at a lesser pace than in the seventies. -Therefore, the use of medical technology confronts us with some of the major dilemmas in society today. The routine and intensive use of technology has transformed the most basic interpersonal and social features of medicine. It has altered the means through which patient and doctor communicate about illness as well as the content of this communication, changed the doctor's relationship to medical colleagues by increasing his dependence on them, altered the place and form of practice by creating advantages for the centralization of medical care in complex organizations, and created for society new responsibilities and powers to influence the context and scope of medical practice.

Author : Joan Costa-Font
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199550689
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of New Health Technologies written by Joan Costa-Font and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-14 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological change in healthcare has led to huge improvements in health services and the health status of populations. Although offering remarkable benefits, these changes often entail significant financial, physical and social risks. This book analyses the impact of advances in medical technology from an economic perspective.

Author : Kristian Bolin
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781901287
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Medical Technology written by Kristian Bolin and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-05 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes various aspects of the process of treating disease (such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and surgical procedures) is important for individual health and, consequently, also for general welfare. This title provides theoretical and empirical evidence about the market for medical technology.

Author : F. F. H. Rutten
Publisher : Springer Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9780387179841
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Medical Technology written by F. F. H. Rutten and published by Springer Verlag. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume the development and diffusion of medical technologies are described as well as the policy questions arising from technological development. Furthermore, it is explained how the results of economic evaluation or, more broadly, technology assessment can support policy-making at various levels of decision-making in health care. A large section of the book is devoted to the methodology of technology assessment as a discipline, and outlines are given for methodological challenges to be tackled in the future. Finally, the book provides an evaluation of the role of ethics and of economics training in relation to the rational use of medical technology.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309183014
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medical Innovation in the Changing Healthcare Marketplace written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-05-06 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wave of new health care innovation and growing demand for health care, coupled with uncertain productivity improvements, could severely challenge efforts to control future health care costs. A committee of the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine organized a conference to examine key health care trends and their impact on medical innovation. The conference addressed the following question: In an environment of renewed concern about rising health care costs, where can public policy stimulate or remove disincentives to the development, adoption and diffusion of high-value innovation in diagnostics, therapeutics, and devices?

Author : James C. Robinson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520281667
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Purchasing Medical Innovation written by James C. Robinson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Innovation in medical technology drives improvement in the quality of health care but also the unsustainable increase in costs. This book analyzes methods of technology regulation, insurance, payment, pricing, and use, and highlights ways in which they should be reformed. The goal is to improve the value of drugs, devices, and other innovative technologies to achieve better performance at lower cost."--Provided by publisher.

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Download or read book The Changing Economics of Medical Technology written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309050359
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adopting New Medical Technology written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What information and decision-making processes determine how and whether an experimental medical technology becomes accepted and used? Adopting New Medical Technology reviews the strengths and weaknesses of present coverage and adoption practices, highlights opportunities for improving both the decision-making processes and the underlying information base, and considers approaches to instituting a much-needed increase in financial support for evaluative research. Essays explore the nature of technological change; the use of technology assessment in decisions by health care providers and federal, for-profit, and not-for-profit payers; the role of the courts in determining benefits coverage; strengthening the connections between evaluative research and coverage decision-making; manufacturers' responses to the increased demand for outcomes research; and the implications of health care reform for technology policy.

Author : M. Perlman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349636606
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Health and Medical Care written by M. Perlman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Record of Discussion6 Economics of Need: The Experience of the British Health Service; 7 Private Patients in N.H.S. Hospitals: Waiting Lists and Subsidies; 8 Consumer Protection, Incentives and Externalities in the Drug Market; Summary Record of Discussion; 9 Price and Income Elasticities for Medical Care Services; 10 Supplier-Induced Demand: Some Empirical Evidence and Implications; 11 Some Economic Aspects of Mortality in Developed Countries; Summary Record of Discussion; PART THREE: THE IMPACT OF DEMAND FOR HEALTH SERVICES; 12 Health, Hours and Wages