Berndt K, Hinzpeter B, Kurscheid T, Lauterbach K W
Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie, Medizin und Gesellschaft, Universität zu Köln.
Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich. 1998 May;92(4):255-62.
The outcome of adjusting health care spending to the overall economic performance of the country has become a major issue of health care policy of the industrialized nations. How can progress in medicine be consistently financed under the restriction of fixed contributions to mandatory sickness funds? Medical Technology Assessment is an interdisciplinary concept that proposes solutions to this issue. This article discusses the concept of Medical Technology Assessment and shows how Medical Technology Assessment should be implemented into the health care system. This article depicts how Medical Technology Assessment is implemented in the United States of America, in the United Kingdom and in the Netherlands. It also discusses which institutions take steps towards Medical Technology Assessment in Germany. The second article examines how to implement Medical Technology Assessment into the German health care system.
根据国家整体经济表现调整医疗保健支出的结果已成为工业化国家医疗保健政策的一个主要问题。在对强制性疾病基金的固定缴款限制下，如何持续为医学进步提供资金？医疗技术评估是一个跨学科概念，为这个问题提出了解决方案。本文讨论了医疗技术评估的概念，并展示了医疗技术评估应如何在医疗保健系统中实施。本文描述了医疗技术评估在美国、英国和荷兰是如何实施的。它还讨论了德国哪些机构在朝着医疗技术评估方向采取措施。第二篇文章探讨了如何将医疗技术评估纳入德国医疗保健系统。
