Evaluación de la tecnología empleada en la atención de la salud
This report explains how and why to evaluate the technology employed in health care. This technology includes not only medicines, instruments, equipment, and procedures used directly on patients, but also the organizational models and support systems that make health care possible. During the variou...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:be045817b8cb482d80a46dbcdd691096 2023-05-15T15:02:53+02:00 Evaluación de la tecnología empleada en la atención de la salud 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/s1020-49891997001100017 https://doaj.org/article/be045817b8cb482d80a46dbcdd691096 EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891997001100017&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 1020-4989 doi:10.1590/s1020-49891997001100017 https://doaj.org/article/be045817b8cb482d80a46dbcdd691096 Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 2, Iss 5, Pp 363-372 (1997) Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 1997 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/s1020-49891997001100017 2022-12-31T01:08:41Z This report explains how and why to evaluate the technology employed in health care. This technology includes not only medicines, instruments, equipment, and procedures used directly on patients, but also the organizational models and support systems that make health care possible. During the various stages of a technologys life cycle, an assessment is made of several different characteristics, such as safety and effectiveness, clinical utility, economic impact, and effect on the organiztion and provision of services. Originally, the ways of assessing and testing technical methods were only of interest to manufacturers and service providers. Today, however, the interested parties include legislators, government officials, health administrators, researchers, industrial managers, and, certainly, patients and their families. Therefore, health technology assessment is a highly important activity and its promotion is an element of PAHOs technical cooperation with the Member States. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 2 5 363 372 |
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This report explains how and why to evaluate the technology employed in health care. This technology includes not only medicines, instruments, equipment, and procedures used directly on patients, but also the organizational models and support systems that make health care possible. During the various stages of a technologys life cycle, an assessment is made of several different characteristics, such as safety and effectiveness, clinical utility, economic impact, and effect on the organiztion and provision of services. Originally, the ways of assessing and testing technical methods were only of interest to manufacturers and service providers. Today, however, the interested parties include legislators, government officials, health administrators, researchers, industrial managers, and, certainly, patients and their families. Therefore, health technology assessment is a highly important activity and its promotion is an element of PAHOs technical cooperation with the Member States. |
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