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Medical technology assessment: economic evaluation of new technologies.

Adang Em, Dirksen Cd, Engel Gl, Baeten Cg

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Growing expenditures in health care made it necessary to find control mechanisms to evaluate expenditure. Medical technology assessment is becoming a valuable tool to assist policymakers in controlling new medical technologies. This review deals with the increasing importance of economic evaluation as part of medical technology assessment and describes various techniques by which an economic evaluation can be performed.

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Key concepts: Medicine, Health technology, Technology assessment, Economic evaluation, Medical care, Emerging technologies, Health care, Risk analysis (engineering)