Quality of Life and Technology Assessment (Monograph of the Council on Health Care Technology) - Softcover

Institute Of Medicine; Council On Health Care Technology

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309040981 ISBN 13: 9780309040983

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1989

Synopsis

The field of health care technology assessment focuses on the use of medical technologies--their impacts on safety, efficacy, and effectiveness; cost-effectiveness and cost benefit; quality; and their social, legal, and ethical implications. This wide-ranging monograph addresses some of the gaps in understanding health status and quality of life, such as the use of quality-of-life measures in technology assessment, organ transplantation, and pharmaceutical trials. One chapter provides basic references for the technical attributes of many established measures and some lesser known ones. The final chapter offers recommendations concerning the appropriate applications of these measures and highlights areas for cooperative research.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• 1. Conceptual Background and Issues in Quality of Life
• 2. The Use of Quality-of-Life Measures in Technology Assessment
• 3. Quality-of-Life Measures in Liver Transplantation
• 4. Quality-of-Life Measures and Methods Used to Study Antihypertensive Medications
• 5. The Use of Quality-of-Life Measures in the Private Sector
• 6. Assessing Quality of Life: Measures and Utility
• 7. Applications of Quality-of-Life Measures and Areas for Cooperative Research
• The Authors

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Council on Health Care Technology, Institute of Medicine

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0309040981
• ISBN 13: 9780309040983
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 132