title: [Changes in the benefits spectrum of medical insurance by the development of advanced technology medicine].
abstract: The development of technical, diagnostic and therapeutical treatment in medicine to high-tech medicine and the survival of patients with necessity of permanent medical treatment and the development of a disadvantageous age structure of the population will need a continuous going up of costs in health maintenance. Restrictive handling of unnecessary medical treatment can only for a short time delay the going up costs, but it cannot stop this development or reverse it.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diewitz
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D005860:Germany, West; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D013675:Technology, High-Cost / Q000191:economics*
vernacular_title: Veränderungen des Leistungsspektrums der Krankenversicherung durch die Entwicklung zur Hochleistungsmedizin.