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Technology in American health care : policy directions for effective evaluation and management / Alan B. Cohen, Ruth S. Hanft ; with William E. Encinosa [and others].

Title
Technology in American health care : policy directions for effective evaluation and management / Alan B. Cohen, Ruth S. Hanft ; with William E. Encinosa [and others].
Author
Cohen, Alan B.
Publication
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2004], ©2004.

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Additional Authors
Hanft, Ruth S., 1929-
Description
xvi, 460 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-431) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction / Alan B. Cohen -- 2. Critical questions regarding medical technology and its effects / Alan B. Cohen -- 3. Biomedical innovation and the development of medical technology / Alan B. Cohen -- 4. The diffusion of new medical technology / Alan B. Cohen -- 5. The adoption and use of medical technology in health care organizations / Alan B. Cohen -- 6. The evaluation of clinical safety and efficacy / Ruth S. Hanft, Alan B. Cohen and Catherine C. White -- 7. Economic evaluation methods / William E. Encinosa and Alan B. Cohen -- 8. Clinical decision analysis / William E. Encinosa -- 9. Medical technology evaluation in the United States and selected other countries / Alan B. Cohen and Ruth S. Hanft -- 10. Safety and efficacy concerns : medical technology and market entry / Alan B. Cohen and Shirley A. Stewart -- 11. Quality concerns : medical technology use and evidence-based clinical practice / Alan B. Cohen, Shirley A. Stewart and Ruth S. Hanft -- 12. Cost concerns : medical technology and health care payment policies / Alan B. Cohen and Ruth S. Hanft -- 13. Access and equity concerns : medical technology and system capacity controls / Alan B. Cohen and Ruth S. Hanft -- 14. Social, ethical, and legal concerns : experimentation, rationing, and practice standards / Ruth S. Hanft and Stephanie M. Spernak -- 15. Evaluation concerns : medical technology evaluation in the future / Alan B. Cohen and Ruth S. Hanft.
ISBN
0472113267 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2003021581
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries