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The role of technology in reducing health care costs. Final project report
Author(s) -
A.E. Sill,
Steve Warren,
J.D. Dillinger,
Bryon Cloer
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/525003
Subject(s) - health care , prosperity , business , medicine , health care delivery , process management , delivery system , healthcare delivery , nursing , economic growth , economics , pharmacology
Sandia National Laboratories applied a systems approach to identifying innovative biomedical technologies with the potential to reduce U.S. health care delivery costs while maintaining care quality. This study was conducted by implementing both top-down and bottom-up strategies. The top-down approach used prosperity gaming methodology to identify future health care delivery needs. This effort provided roadmaps for the development and integration of technology to meet perceived care delivery requirements. The bottom-up approach identified and ranked interventional therapies employed in existing care delivery systems for a host of health-related conditions. Economic analysis formed the basis for development of care pathway interaction models for two of the most pervasive, chronic disease/disability conditions: coronary artery disease (CAD) and benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). Societal cost-benefit relationships based on these analyses were used to evaluate the effect of emerging technology in these treatment areas. 17 figs., 48 tabs

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