title: The many reasons why hospitals buy technology.
abstract: Hospitals spent almost $9 billion on capital equipment in 1989. Many factors enter in the decisionmaking on technology acquisition, some having more to do with hospital politics or competitive demands than with a facility's true clinical requirements. But administrators are learning lessons from past acquisition mistakes and are placing more of the burden on vendors and physicians to prove that new technology is a prudent purchase.
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authors: Wagner
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D003657:Decision Making; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006752:Hospital Planning; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital; D013675:Technology, High-Cost / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States