Expensive health technologies : regulatory and administrative mechanisms in Europe / edited by Barbara Stocking.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Stocking, Barbara.

Conference Name:

EEC Workshop on Regulatory Mechanisms Concerning Expensive Health Technology (1986 : London, England)

Series:

Commission of the European Communities health series research series ; no. 5.

Oxford medical publications

Commission of the European Communities health series research series ; no. 5

Oxford medical publications.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical technology--Government policy--European Economic Community countries--Congresses.

Medical technology.

Medical technology--Government policy.

European Economic Community countries.

Medical technology--European Economic Community countries--Case studies--Congresses.

Appropriate technology--European Economic Community countries--Congresses.

Appropriate technology.

Biotechnology--economics.

Europe.

Biotechnology--standards.

Ethics, Medical.

Medical Subjects:

Biotechnology--economics.

Europe.

Biotechnology--standards.

Ethics, Medical.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 189 pages : tables ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Summary:

This insightful study describes how ten European countries set policy and use financing, planning, and other regulatory mechanisms in implementing expensive medical technology and procedures in their health care systems. The individual country reports presented here are based upon an EEC workshop at which high technology mechanisms--such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, lithotripsy, and radiotherapy--were analyzed, and which resulted in many recommendations for European countries individually and collectively. The contributors' assessment of European health technology addresses a broad, general concern about the critical influence of new technology on the cost and effectiveness of health care. The first available work to explore health technology regulation across Europe, and an essential reference for health care professionals, academics, and administrators.

Notes:

The proceedings of the EEC Workshop on Regulatory Mechanisms Concerning Expensive Health Technology held in London, 22-25 April 1986 form part I of this book; reports from the ten EEC countries on the policies and regulatory mechanisms form part II of the book.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0192617141 :

OCLC:

16901340