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A major contributor to the rising costs of health care in the United States has been the increasing use of medical technology. Costs of equipment, of procedures made possible or more frequent by new technology, and of procedures induced by the diagnostic information or therapeutic consequences of technology, all contribute.
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Weinstein, M.C. (1983). Economic Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Medical Technology. In: Gay, J.R., Sax Jacobs, B.J. (eds) The Technology Explosion in Medical Science: Implications for the Health Care Industry and the Public (1981-2001). Monographs in Health Care Administration, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7399-5_4
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