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The Assessment of Technology and Quality: A Comparative Study of Certainties and Ambiguities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Avedis Donabedian
Avedis Donabedian
Affiliation:
University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor
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Though technology assessment and quality assessment have much in common, they differ significantly in emphasis. Technology assessment judges technology itself; quality assessment examines the extent to which a technology is used well in its various settings. This article explores the nature of quality assessment–including the performance of individual practitioners as they care for individual patients and the care received by communities–and examines its interrelationship with technology assessment.

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General Essays
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , October 1988 , pp. 487 - 496
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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