title: Medicare coverage for technological innovations--time for new criteria?
authors.affiliation: Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: Muriel R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gillick
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000191:economics; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000191:economics; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000592:standards*; D006278:Medicare; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000191:economics; D013675:Technology, High-Cost / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States