This book presents an international perspective on health care technology and its development providing fully up-to-date coverage of this most rapidly developing area. This is the only comprehensive review of the subject available. Thoroughly referenced it deals with all types of health technologies - drugs, devices, and procedures and combines cost and other socio-economic analyses with information on diffusion, dissemination and use, as well as efficacy and safety testing. Forall those faced with decisions concerning health care technology, this is an unrivalled guide.
Section 1:: Background on health care technology; Important concepts in health care technology assessment; Historical perspective on technology in health care; Section 2:: The development and diffusion of health care technology; The development of health care technology; The adoption of health care technology; Use of health care technology; Section 3:: Assessing health care technology; A system for health care technology assessment; Evaluation of efficacy and safety; Financial costs and their evaluation; Health care technology assessment and health-related quality of life; Assessing social implications of health care technology; Assuring the quality of health care; Section 4:: Selected case studies; The assessment of prevention; The assessment of medical imaging; The assessment of surgical practice; The assessment of drugs; Picture archiving and communication systems; Section 5:: An international perspective; Health care technology in Sweden; Medical technology in the UK; Assessment of health care technology in the Netherlands; Medical technology assessment in the USA; The development and assessment of health care technology in Mexico; Medical technology in China; Selected experience of other countries; Conclusions; References; Index;
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