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Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Kathleen N. Gillespie ,
Anne Elixhauser ,
Dean M. Reker ,
James W. Fletcher  and
Fredric D. Wolinsky
Kathleen N. Gillespie
Affiliation:
St. Louis Veterans Administration Medical CenterSt. Louis University Medical Center
Anne Elixhauser
Affiliation:
St. Louis Veterans Administration Medical CenterSt. Louis University Medical Center
Dean M. Reker
Affiliation:
St. Louis Veterans Administration Medical CenterSt. Louis University Medical Center
James W. Fletcher
Affiliation:
St. Louis Veterans Administration Medical CenterSt. Louis University Medical Center
Fredric D. Wolinsky
Affiliation:
Texas A & M University
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Any new technology that promises significant costs as well as potential benefits generates considerable interest. Such innovations bring into bold relief the fundamental problem of achieving maximal medical benefits while efficiently and equitably allocating scarce resources (II). Two tools that decision makers can use to assess the benefits and costs of implementing new technologies are cost- benefit analysis (CBA) and cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA). One technology that seems especially appropriate for the application of CBA and CEA is nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging.

Type
An International View of Magnetic Resonance—Imaging and Spectroscopy
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , July 1985 , pp. 537 - 550
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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