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National priorities for the assessment of clinical conditions and medical technologies : report of a pilot study / Maria Elena Lara and Clifford Goodman, editors ; priority-setting group, Council on Health Care Technology, Institute of Medicine.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Council on Health Care Technology (Institute of Medicine)
National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment (U.S.)
Lara, Marielena.
Goodman, Clifford.
Series:
IOM publication ; 89-14.
Publication IOM ; 89-14
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Medical technology--United States.
Medical technology.
Clinical medicine--United States.
Clinical medicine.
Technology assessment--United States.
Technology assessment.
Medical policy--United States.
Medical policy.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (119 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1990.
Language Note:
English
Contents:
National Priorities for the Assessment of Clinical Conditions and Medical Technologies
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Contents
Summary
ASSESSING MEDICAL PRACTICE
A NATIONAL APPROACH
PRIORITY-SETTING CRITERIA
TWENTY ASSESSMENT PRIORITIES
USING THE PRIORITIES
ACCOMMODATING CLINICAL CONDITIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES
NEXT STEPS
1 Introduction
2 A Pilot Process for Setting National Assessment Priorities
ELEMENTS OF A NATIONAL APPROACH
NATIONALLY APPLICABLE PRIORITY-SETTING CRITERIA
Primary Criteria
Potential (for an Assessment) to Improve Individual Patient Outcome
Potential to Affect a Large Patient Population
Potential to Reduce Unit or Aggregate Cost
Potential to Reduce Unexplained Variations in Medical Practice
Secondary Criteria
Potential to Address Social and Ethical Implications
Potential to Advance Medical Knowledge
Potential to Affect Policy Decisions
Potential to Enhance the National Capacity for Assessment
Potential to Be Readily Conducted
A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR PRIORITIES
The Clinical Condition Approach
The Technology Approach
Integrating the Clinical Condition and Technology Approaches
METHOD OF THIS PILOT STUDY
Overview
Round I of the Modified Delphi Process
Round II of the Modified Delphi Process
The Priority-Setting Group's Meeting
Activities Following the Priority-Setting Meeting
3 Twenty Priority Assessment Areas
CLINICAL CONDITIONS
Breast Cancer
Improve Individual Patient Outcome
Affect a Large Patient Population
Reduce Unit or Aggregate Cost
Reduce Unexplained Variations in Medical Practice
Advance Medical Knowledge
Affect Policy Decisions
Cataracts
Reduce Unit or Aggregate Cost.
Reduce Unexplained Variations in Medical Practice
Enhance the national capacity for technology assessment
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Address Social and Ethical Implications
Enhance the National Capacity for Technology Assessment
Coronary Artery Disease
Gallbladder Disease
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Enhance the National Capacity for Assessment
Joint Disease and Injury
Low Back Pain
Advance Medical Knowledge.
Address Social and Ethical Implications
Osteoporosis
Pregnancy
Reduce unexplained variations in medical practice
Prostatism
Advance medical knowledge
Psychiatric Disorders
Substance Abuse
TECHNOLOGIES
Diagnostic Imaging Technologies
Diagnostic Laboratory Testing
Erythropoietin
Affect Policy Decisions
Implantable Devices
Intensive Care Units
Organ Transplantation and Replacement
4 Next Steps
5 Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendixes
A Clinical Conditions and Medical Technologies Considered by the Priority-Setting Group
B Comparison of Priority-Setting Criteria
C Organizations Providing Background Information
American College of Physicians (ACP)
American Hospital Association (AHA)
American Medical Association (AMA)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBS)
Ecri
Hewlett-Packard Company
Institute for Health Policy Analysis (IHPA), Georgetown University
Institute of Medicine Committee on the Effectiveness Initiative of the Health Care Financing Adminis ...
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Office of Health Technology Assessment (OHTA), National Center for Health Services Research
Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), U.S. Congress
Pfizer, Inc.
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (ProPAC)
Bibliography
Glossary.
Notes:
"Support for this project was provided by the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment, grant number HS 05526"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-103).
ISBN:
9786610212569
9781280212567
128021256X
9780309564786
0309564786
9780585149141
0585149143
OCLC:
70772774

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