Garber Alan M
Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2006 Mar-Apr;25(2):w51-3. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.w51. Epub 2006 Feb 7.
Although technological innovation can improve health outcomes, the precise magnitude of the contribution and its value are not easily measured. The findings reported by Jonathan Skinner and colleagues temper the favorable conclusions reached by observing correlations between improvement in heart attack outcomes over time with spending on medical products and services. Improvements in health care depend not only on producing better technologies, but also on using technology better.
尽管技术创新能够改善健康状况,但其贡献的精确程度及其价值却难以衡量。乔纳森·斯金纳及其同事所报告的研究结果,对通过观察心脏病发作治疗效果随时间推移的改善与医疗产品和服务支出之间的相关性而得出的乐观结论起到了缓和作用。医疗保健的改善不仅取决于研发出更好的技术,还取决于更好地利用技术。