High tech, low yield: doctors' use of medical innovation.
American physicians' tendency to test too much and do too much is a major force in the rapid diffusion of medical technology. To manage medical technology humanely and responsibly, we must establish a basis for assessing the benefits and costs that will enable us to make rational coverage and payment decisions. We must also devise a means of holding providers of care accountable for weighing the benefits and costs in using the technology.
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Lewis/Burke Consulting Group, Highland Park, IL.
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006291:Health Policy; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000191:economics; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States