title: Health care technology and quality of care.
abstract: The increasing costs and complexity of technologic advances in diagnosis and treatment have been accompanied by other important issues. They are often moral or ethical in nature; they include the public's desire and determination to have access to these "high-tech" advances; and the quality and equity with which those advances are apportioned and applied must be addressed. Seven criteria that can be applied to technology assessment are identified as is a process for that assessment. Together, these procedures can provide valuable information and assistance to those who make decisions about health benefits coverage--both in the public and the private sectors.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Schaffarzick
mesh_terms: D054598:Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans; D007342:Insurance Benefits; D007357:Insurance, Physician Services; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States