| Medical technology in Canada, Germany, and the United States: an update. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 7988987 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Major medical technology is internationally mobile and rapidly diffusing. This study compares the proliferation of six complex medical technologies in Canada and Germany with that in the United States, the traditional high-tech leader. The technologies--open-heart surgery, cardiac catheterization, organ transplantation, radiation therapy, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, and magnetic resonance imaging--are more prevalent in the United States, on a per capita basis, than in the other two countries. This was the case five years ago, too. The differences are large in some cases and small in others. Lithotriptors and imagers are growing annually at double-digit rates in all three countries. |
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Authors:
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D A Rublee |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Health affairs (Project Hope) Volume: 13 ISSN: 0278-2715 ISO Abbreviation: Health Aff (Millwood) Publication Date: 1994 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1995-01-11 Completed Date: 1995-01-11 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8303128 Medline TA: Health Aff (Millwood) Country: UNITED STATES |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 113-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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American Medical Association, Chicago. |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Canada Cardiac Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data Diffusion of Innovation* Germany Health Services Accessibility / statistics & numerical data* Humans Lithotripsy / statistics & numerical data Magnetic Resonance Imaging / statistics & numerical data Technology, Medical / statistics & numerical data* United States |
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Comment In:
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Health Aff (Millwood). 1995 Spring;14(1):319-20
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