Technology and health care in an era of limits (National Academy Press, 1992)
Papers presented at the third Institute of Medicine workshop "The Changing Health Care Economy," held April 18-19, 1991, supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Pfizer, Inc., and the Health Industry Manufacturers Association. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
pt. I. Setting the Stage. 1. Introduction / Gerald D. Laubach, John E. Wennberg and Annetine C. Gelijns. 2. Innovation and the Policies of Limits in a Changing Health Care Economy / John E. Wennberg -- pt. II. Managing Care in the United States. 3. The Growth of Managed Care in the Private Sector / Michael Soper and David Ferriss. 4. Managing Medical Practice: the Potential of HMOs / Edward H. Wagner. 5. Cost-Containment Efforts in the Public Sector: Oregon's Priority List / H. Gilbert Welch and Elliott S. Fisher -- pt. III. Managing Care in the United Kingdom and Canada. 6. Priority Setting in a Needs-Based System / Alan Williams. 7. The Meeting of the Twain: Managing Health Care Capital, Capacity, and Costs in Canada / Morris L. Barer and Robert G. Evans -- pt. IV. Implications for Providers. 8. New Technology Adoption in the Hospital / Paul F. Griner. 9. Physicians' Acquisition and Use of New Technology in an Era of Economic Constraints / Bruce J. Hillman