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• catalog abstract "How is medicine doing at the end of the twentieth century? While there has been no end of studies of our health care system and proposals for changing it, there have been few credible studies of the risks and benefits of widely used medical treatments. We simply do not always know whether one treatment is better than another or whether a particular drug is worth the price. Medical technology assessment is the discipline that studies what does and does not work in medicine. Howard Frazier and Frederick Mosteller are leading figures in this field. In Medicine Worth Paying For they attempt something completely new: to distill the methods and knowledge base of their highly specialized discipline into a text that is accessible - and therefore of great value - to a nontechnical audience. This book calls attention to the importance of technology assessment in medicine - the rigorous evaluation of the effects of medical treatments - with particular reference to medical innovations. Also, making use of a series of carefully selected cases, the authors identify important policy implications that can be drawn from the study of successful medical innovations. These case studies of medical successes are a rich source of examples of the effects, good and bad, of the application of technology to health care and of attempts to influence the diffusion of technologies in health care.".
• catalog contributor b8351025.
• catalog contributor b8351026.
• catalog created "1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
• catalog description "(cont.) The contributions of lenses to visual health / Georgianna Marks ... [et al.] -- Dentistry / Alexia Antczak-Bouckoms, J.F.C. Tulloch -- Total joint replacement for the treatment of osteoarthritis / Jennifer F. Taylor, Elisabeth Burdick -- Peptic ulcer / Thomas C. Chalmers -- Oral contraceptives : post-marketing surveillance and rare, late complications of drugs / Howard S. Frazier, Graham A. Colditz -- Surgery and anesthesiology / Debra R. Milamed, John Hedley-Whyte -- Improving the health care system / Frederick Mosteller, Howard S. Frazier -- Innovation-specific improvements / Frederick Mosteller, Howard S. Frazier -- Recommendations for change / Howard S. Frazier, Frederick Mosteller.".
• catalog description "How is medicine doing at the end of the twentieth century? While there has been no end of studies of our health care system and proposals for changing it, there have been few credible studies of the risks and benefits of widely used medical treatments. We simply do not always know whether one treatment is better than another or whether a particular drug is worth the price. Medical technology assessment is the discipline that studies what does and does not work in medicine. Howard Frazier and Frederick Mosteller are leading figures in this field. In Medicine Worth Paying For they attempt something completely new: to distill the methods and knowledge base of their highly specialized discipline into a text that is accessible - and therefore of great value - to a nontechnical audience.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-300) and index.".
• catalog description "The nature of the inquiry / Howard S. Frazier, Frederick Mosteller -- Evaluating medical technologies / Frederick Mosteller, Howard S. Frazier -- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstones / Leon D. Goldman -- Preserving vision in diabetic retinopathy : the impact of laser treatment / Michael R. Albert, Daniel M. Albert -- The treatment of unipolar depression / Howard S. Frazier -- Kidney transplantation / Miriam E. Adams -- Epoetin therapy for renal anemia : health policy and quality-of-life perspectives / Jennifer F. Taylor -- The control of postoperative pain / Jane C. Ballantyne ... [et al] -- Immunization against measles / Donald N. Medearis, Jr. -- Treatment of hypertension / Sidney Klawansky --".
• catalog description "This book calls attention to the importance of technology assessment in medicine - the rigorous evaluation of the effects of medical treatments - with particular reference to medical innovations. Also, making use of a series of carefully selected cases, the authors identify important policy implications that can be drawn from the study of successful medical innovations. These case studies of medical successes are a rich source of examples of the effects, good and bad, of the application of technology to health care and of attempts to influence the diffusion of technologies in health care.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 311 p. :".
• catalog identifier "067456362X".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
• catalog subject "1996 A-328".
• catalog subject "610/.068/5 20".
• catalog subject "Biomedical Technology economics.".
• catalog subject "Biomedical Technology trends.".
• catalog subject "Delivery of Health Care trends.".
• catalog subject "Evaluation Studies as Topic.".
• catalog subject "Medical innovations Case studies.".
• catalog subject "Medical innovations Economic aspects.".
• catalog subject "Medical innovations Evaluation.".
• catalog subject "RA418.5.M4 M425 1995".
• catalog subject "WB 365 M4885 1995".
• catalog tableOfContents "(cont.) The contributions of lenses to visual health / Georgianna Marks ... [et al.] -- Dentistry / Alexia Antczak-Bouckoms, J.F.C. Tulloch -- Total joint replacement for the treatment of osteoarthritis / Jennifer F. Taylor, Elisabeth Burdick -- Peptic ulcer / Thomas C. Chalmers -- Oral contraceptives : post-marketing surveillance and rare, late complications of drugs / Howard S. Frazier, Graham A. Colditz -- Surgery and anesthesiology / Debra R. Milamed, John Hedley-Whyte -- Improving the health care system / Frederick Mosteller, Howard S. Frazier -- Innovation-specific improvements / Frederick Mosteller, Howard S. Frazier -- Recommendations for change / Howard S. Frazier, Frederick Mosteller.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The nature of the inquiry / Howard S. Frazier, Frederick Mosteller -- Evaluating medical technologies / Frederick Mosteller, Howard S. Frazier -- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstones / Leon D. Goldman -- Preserving vision in diabetic retinopathy : the impact of laser treatment / Michael R. Albert, Daniel M. Albert -- The treatment of unipolar depression / Howard S. Frazier -- Kidney transplantation / Miriam E. Adams -- Epoetin therapy for renal anemia : health policy and quality-of-life perspectives / Jennifer F. Taylor -- The control of postoperative pain / Jane C. Ballantyne ... [et al] -- Immunization against measles / Donald N. Medearis, Jr. -- Treatment of hypertension / Sidney Klawansky --".
• catalog title "Medicine worth paying for : assessing medical innovations / edited by Howard S. Frazier and Frederick Mosteller.".
• catalog type "Case studies. fast".
• catalog type "text".