title: Making the cut. High price tags for state-of-the art surgical equipment have hospitals weighing when or even whether to invest.
authors.affiliation: gardnerem@sbcglobal.net
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gardner
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013523:Surgical Equipment / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D013675:Technology, High-Cost; D014481:United States