title: Impact of new technologies on health-care costs and on the nation's "health".
abstract: By virtually all criteria, the American health-care system has the largest and most widely distributed technology base of any in the world. The impact of this emphasis on technology on the cost of care, the rate of health-care inflation, and the well-being of the population is reviewed from the perspective of the patient, the provider, and the public health analyst.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22908.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Massaro
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D005860:Germany, West; D006304:Health Status; D008017:Life Expectancy; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D013675:Technology, High-Cost / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States