Title
The future and health care technology: Implications of a system for early identification
Author
Banta, H.D.
Gelijns, A.C.
TNO Preventie en Gezondheid
Publication year
1994
Abstract
Future and emerging health care technologies are increasingly high-impact events for society in terms of the quality and costs of health care. They raise issues of efficacy, safety, resource allocation, ethics, impact on the organization and delivery of care, and broad social effects. This article describes an analysis of future and emerging health care technology, initiated by the government of the Netherlands and carried out formally from 1985 to 1988, and its potential usefulness in a policy and decision-making context. Using the results and experiences of this analysis, it is argued that rational health care planning and decision-making can be strengthened by paying more attention to the possible implications of emerging and future technology.
Subject
Health
Futurology
Health care planning
Health care policy
Health care system
Medical technology
Coronary Disease
Diagnostic Imaging
Diffusion of Innovation
Forecasting
Genetic Techniques
Home Care Services
Human
Laser Surgery
Neurosciences
Technology Assessment, Biomedical
Technology, Medical
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TNO identifier
232802
ISSN
0043-8510
Source
World Health Statistics Quarterly, 47 (3-4), 140-148
Document type
article