The Implications of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Medical Technology

NTIS order #PB80-216864

Report cover
Full Report ~4180K
Front Matter ~25K
Table of Contents ~4K

Chapters
1: Summary and Policy Option ~78K
2: Evaluating Costs and Benefits in Health Care ~32K
3: Methodological Finding and Principles ~55K
4: Uses and Usefulness of CEA/CBA: General Findings ~126K
5: Reimbursement ~149K
6: Professional Standards Review Organizations ~44K
7: Health Planning Program ~85K
8: Market Approval for Drug and Medical Devices ~136K
9: R&D Programs ~229K
10: Health Maintenance Organizations ~158K

Appendixes
A: Method of the Study ~18K
B: Survey of Agency Use of CEA/CBA ~125K
C: Survey of the Resource Costs of CENCBA ~253K
D: Values, Ethics, and CBA in Health Care ~106K
E: Legal Status of CEA/CBA ~42K
F: Description of Other Volumes of the Assessment ~11K
G: Acronyms and Glossary ~27K
H: Health Program Advisory Committee, Authors of Case Studies of Medical Technologies, and Acknowledgments ~22K
References ~2577K