Deciding to Buy Expensive Technology: The Case of Biliary Lithotripsy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2009
Abstarct
Acquiring expensive, new medical technology requires an evaluation of the efficacy and effectiveness, safety, profitability, feasibility, and risk of a project in the context of the hospital's social responsibility and institutional strategy. A case study of the decision to bring biliary lithotripsy to Strong Memorial Hospital illustrates how these criteria offer managers a coherent approach to difficult and consequential decisions about acquiring medical technology.
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- General Essays
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- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , Spring 1995 , pp. 301 - 315
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995
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