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Research Article| Volume 1, ISSUE 1, P3-19, March 1981

Technology Assessment in Laboratory Medicine: Rationalizing or Rationing?

  • Robert C. Rock
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    Department of Laboratory Medicine The Johns Hopkins Hospital 600 North Wolfe Street Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
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    Director, Clinical Laboratories, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Associate Professor of Pathology (Laboratory Medicine), The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)31113-2
Technology Assessment in Laboratory Medicine: Rationalizing or Rationing?
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      To determine the clinical role, if any, of a new technology in laboratory medicine, as assessment should be undertaken to validate the reliability and clinical usefulness of the technology and its cost effectiveness, and to compare it with alternative strategies. A framework for the evaluation of new technologies is presented.
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