Medicine Worth Paying For: Assessing Medical Innovations

Part 1 Background: the nature of inquiry, Howard S. Frazier and Frederick Mosteller evaluating medical technologies, and conclusions and recommendations: improving the health care system.

Abstract

Part 1 Background: the nature of inquiry, Howard S. Frazier and Frederick Mosteller evaluating medical technologies, Frederick Mosteller and Howard S. Frazier. Part 2 Physician performance: laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstones, Leon D. Goldman preserving vision in diabetic retinopathy - the impact of laser treatment, Michael R. Albert and Daniel M. Albert the treatment of unipolar depression, Howard S. Frazier. Part 3 Perverse financial incentives: kidney transplantation, Miriam E. Adams epoetin therapy for renal anemia - health policy and quality-of-life perspectives, Jennifer F. Taylor. Part 4 Patient empowerment: the control of postoperative pain, Jane C. Ballantyne et al. Part 5 Monitoring and delivering care: immunization against measles, Donald N. Medearis, Jr treatment of hypertension, Sidney Klawansky. Part 6 The delivery of routine care - visual and dental health: the contributions of lenses to visual health, Georgianna Marks et al dentistry, Alexia Antczak-Bouckoms and J.F.C. Tulloch. Part 7 Quality of life and cost-effectiveness: total joint replacement for the treatment of osteoarthritis, Jennifer F. Taylor and Elisabeth Burdick. Part 8 Unanticipated effects of treatment: peptic ulcer, Thomas C. Chalmers oral contraceptives - post-marketing surveillance and rare, late complications of drugs, Howard S. Frazier and Graham A. Colditz. Part 9 Administrative innovations: surgery and anesthesiology, Debra R. Milamed and John Hedley-Whyte. Part 10 Conclusions and recommendations: improving the health care system, Frederick Mosteller and Howard S. Frazier innovation-specific improvements, Frederick Mosteller and Howard S. Frazier recommendations for change, Howard S. Frazier and Frederick Mosteller.