Title :
Can we afford the new medical technologies?
Author_Institution :
MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
fDate :
6/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The shift in concern from improving health care to controlling health care expenditures is examined. The problem of life-prolonging technologies that ultimately don´t work and increase the cost of health care is addressed. The need to limit the provision of such treatments is discussed.<>
Keywords :
patient care; reviews; cost; health care expenditures; life-prolonging technologies; medical technologies; treatments; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Costs; Defense industry; Diseases; Drugs; Economic indicators; Government; Medical services; Pediatrics; Sleep;
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
