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Technology and health care in an era of limits  Cover Image E-book E-book

Technology and health care in an era of limits / Annetine C. Gelijns, editor ; Committee on Technological Innovation in Medicine, Institute of Medicine.

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  • ISBN: 0585028257
  • ISBN: 9780585028255
  • ISBN: 9780309561891
  • ISBN: 0309561892
  • ISBN: 9786610203208
  • ISBN: 6610203202
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) : illustrations.
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1992.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
pt. I. Setting the Stage. 1. Introduction / Gerald D. Laubach, John E. Wennberg and Annetine C. Gelijns. 2. Innovation and the Policies of Limits in a Changing Health Care Economy / John E. Wennberg -- pt. II. Managing Care in the United States. 3. The Growth of Managed Care in the Private Sector / Michael Soper and David Ferriss. 4. Managing Medical Practice: the Potential of HMOs / Edward H. Wagner. 5. Cost-Containment Efforts in the Public Sector: Oregon's Priority List / H. Gilbert Welch and Elliott S. Fisher -- pt. III. Managing Care in the United Kingdom and Canada. 6. Priority Setting in a Needs-Based System / Alan Williams. 7. The Meeting of the Twain: Managing Health Care Capital, Capacity, and Costs in Canada / Morris L. Barer and Robert G. Evans -- pt. IV. Implications for Providers. 8. New Technology Adoption in the Hospital / Paul F. Griner. 9. Physicians' Acquisition and Use of New Technology in an Era of Economic Constraints / Bruce J. Hillman.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Language Note:
English.
Action Note:
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Managed care plans (Medical care) > Congresses.
Medical care > United States > Congresses.
Medical technology > Effect of managed care on > United States.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Managed care plans (Medical care)
Medical care.
Medical technology > Effect of managed care on.
United States.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Delivery of Health Care.
Health Policy.
Medical Laboratory Science.
United States.
Genre: Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic book.
Congress.
Electronic books.


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