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Author Robinson, James C. (James Claude), 1953- author.

Title Purchasing medical innovation : the right technology, for the right patient, at the right price / James C. Robinson
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Regulatory access to the market -- Insurance coverage and reimbursement -- Methods of payment for medical technology -- The hospital as purchaser -- Organizational capabilities and technology purchasing -- The patient as purchaser -- Implications for the medical technology industry
Summary "Innovation in medical technology drives improvement in the quality of health care but also the unsustainable increase in costs. This book analyzes methods of technology regulation, insurance, payment, pricing, and use, and highlights ways in which they should be reformed. The goal is to improve the value of drugs, devices, and other innovative technologies to achieve better performance at lower cost."--Provided by publisher
Analysis artificial heart valves
cost of medical technology
cost of medical treatment
economics of healthcare
health care costs
health care reform
health insurance
health policy
hip replacement
improving patient care
innovative medical care
insurance coverage for medical care
joint replacement
knee replacement
medical care
medical costs
medical economics
medical innovation
medical market access
medical technology industry
medical technology
patient care
price of medical technology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Medical technology -- Cost control
Medical innovations -- Cost control
Medical care, Cost of.
Medical care -- Cost control.
Health care reform.
Health insurance.
Biomedical engineering.
Biomedical Technology
Health Care Costs
Health Care Reform
Biomedical Engineering
biomedical engineering.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Atlases.
MEDICAL -- Essays.
MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Insurance -- Health.
Biomedical engineering
Health care reform
Health insurance
Medical care -- Cost control
Medical care, Cost of
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520960817
0520960815