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Introduction: Using Medical Registries and Data Sets for Technology Assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Alexia Antczak-bouckoms ,
Elisabeth Burdick ,
Sidney Klawansky  and
Frederick Mosteller
Alexia Antczak-bouckoms
Affiliation:
Harvard School of Public Health
Elisabeth Burdick
Affiliation:
Harvard School of Public Health
Sidney Klawansky
Affiliation:
Harvard School of Public Health
Frederick Mosteller
Affiliation:
Harvard School of Public Health
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The rising costs of health care and interest in the evaluation of health services and systems have sparked an increased need for technology assessment. A variety of available methods of assessment are described in the Institute of Medicine's book Assessing Medical Technologies (1). Although such methods as the randomized controlled trial (RCT) are widely accepted and used, obtaining information by such methods often takes a considerable amount of time, expense, and sophistication in study design. These costs suggest that a broader range of methods for collecting information about health care technologies should be considered. A vast resource of data collected on patients, ranging from a provider's practice records to national data sets, might be useful for technology assessment if it could be properly appraised.

Type
Special Section: The Contribution Of Medical Registries To Technology Assessment
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , Spring 1991 , pp. 122 - 128
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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