title: Less art and more science needed in health care?
abstract: The need to place patient care decisions and the adoption of medical technologies on a sound scientific basis, with application of cost-benefit analysis, was stressed by physicians, economists, and planners at a recent health care briefing for science writers. Speakers also examined the entrepreneurial role played by physicians and hospitals, reimbursement, and planning.
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000191:economics; D010820:Physicians