Health Care Technology and Its Assessment in Eight Countries

Examines the management of health care technology in 8 countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, the U.K and the U.S. Six technologies (or sets of technologies) -- including evaluation and management efforts and how the technologies diffused -- are presented and compared: treatments for coronary artery disease, imaging technologies (CT and MRI scanning), laparoscopic surgery, treatments for end-stage renal disease, neonatal intensive care, and breast cancer screening. Extensive bibliography for each country. Charts and tables.Banta, H. David is the author of 'Health Care Technology and Its Assessment in Eight Countries', published 1995 under ISBN 9780788118661 and ISBN 0788118668.