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Telemedicine in the USA : An overview
(Elsevier, 1979-03)
The authors examine the development and use of telecommunications technology in the provision of health services and in that context discuss policy formulation relating to technological innovation in health care. In the ...
Techniques for defining geographic boundaries for health regions
(Elsevier, 1979)
Many federal and state programs require the geographic partitioning of states into regions for health services planning, monitoring, and/or administration. A common consideration for such programs is that region boundaries ...
Health maintenance insurance: Toward an optimal HMO
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1978-12)
The financial incentive structure of today's health maintenance organizations addresses certain problems attributed to fee-for-service medical care, but at a theoretical level it does not induce optimal provider behavior. ...
The economic implications of preventive health care
(Elsevier, 1979-12)
Today's cost-conscious political environment subjects the economic implications of proposed health care expenditures to careful scrutiny. This paper examines both the logic of and the evidence on preventive health care ...
The need for some innovative concepts of innovation: An examination of research on the diffusion of innovations
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1974-12)
This paper examines research on the diffusion of innovation, the final stage in the process of technological change. The focus rests primarily on two traditions in diffusion research: that of economists and that of ...
Evaluation of balloon tamponade of the abdominal aorta : An adjunct to the treatment of hemorrhagic shock
(Elsevier, 1971-10)
Intra-aortic balloon tamponade of the infra-diaphragmatic aortic is an effective means of reducing intra-abdominal hemorrhage. However, its therapeutic use when preceeded by hypotension and in the face of persistent ...