title: The technological explosion: its impact on laboratory and hospital costs.
abstract: Many blame new technology for the rapidly rising costs of health care. The concern is that new equipment is being purchased irresponsibly, with little attention paid to cost effectiveness. But what is the real story? Is new technology at fault? Arguing that just the opposite is true, the author of this article explains that new technology and its proper use is in fact one answer to lower health care costs and improved services.
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D007753:Laboratories / Q000191:economics*; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013675:Technology, High-Cost; D014481:United States