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Medicine Worth Paying for
Howard S. Frazier (Ed.)
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Description for Medicine Worth Paying for
Hardcover. This text calls attention to the importance of technology assessment in medicine - the evaluation of the effects of medical treatments - with particular reference to medical innovations. It also identifies important policy implications that can be drawn from the study of successful innovations. Editor(s): Frazier, Howard S.; Mosteller, Frederick. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 computer line illustrations. BIC Classification: MBGR; MBX; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 581.
How is medicine doing at the end of the twentieth century? While there has been no end of studies of our health care system and proposals for changing it, there have been few credible studies of the risks and benefits of widely used medical treatments. We simply do not always know whether one treatment is better than another or whether a particular drug is worth the price.
Medical technology assessment is the discipline that studies what does and does not work in medicine. Howard Frazier and Frederick Mosteller are leading figures in this field. In Medicine Worth Paying For ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674563629
SKU
V9780674563629
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99-1
About Howard S. Frazier (Ed.)
Howard S. Frazier was Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, at Harvard Medical School and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. C. Frederick Mosteller was Roger I. Lee Professor of Mathematical Statistics, Emeritus, at Harvard University and Director of the Technology Assessment Group in the Department of Health Policy and Management ... Read more
Reviews for Medicine Worth Paying for
In Medicine Worth Paying For, the editors…begin by asking ‘How is medicine doing?’ Many of the 14 case studies included suggest a qualified positive assessment… This book is far more than a round of applause for medical advances that have been proven to yield health benefits. The editors criticize the methods by which medical interventions are studied, or, not studied… ... Read more