Health technology assessment is critically important to the development of healthcare as changes are generated by major resource limitations. In most Western societies there is a universal healthcare system funded publicly. Government has a duty to ensure value for money. The costs of healthcare are clearly rising and are not being matched by equivalent increases in resources. In a publicly funded system, revenue is generated by taxing those in work. However, the aging population means there will be less people in work to support those that are retiring. Thus, despite the rising costs, there will, inevitably, be less money to spend on healthcare.
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Webb, A.R. (2002). Assessment of Medical Devices. In: Sibbald, W.J., Bion, J.F. (eds) Evaluating Critical Care. Update in Intensive Care Medicine, vol 35. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56719-3_17
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