title: Medical technologies at the dawn of the German health-care reform.
abstract: How health care should be reformed to address the current economic pressures and deliver a better future.
authors.affiliation: German Medical Technology Association, Berlin, Germany. info@bvmed.de
authors.forename: Joachim M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Schmitt
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology; D003132:Commerce / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D005858:Germany; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D007182:Income; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration