The which-hunt: Assembling health technologies for assessment and rationing

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 715-758

  Giacomini, Mita K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; REVIEW;

EID: 0032814579     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-24-4-715     Document Type: Review

References (110)

1. Adams, M. E., N. T. McCall, D. T. Gray, M. J. Orza, and T. C. Chalmers. 1992. Economic Analysis in Randomized Control Trials. Medical Care 30:231-243.
2. Andersson, F. 1995. Why Is the Pharmaceutical Industry Investing Increasing Amounts in Health Economic Evaluations? International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 11:750-761.
3. Barley, S. 1988. The Social Construction of a Machine: Ritual, Superstition, Magical Thinking and Other Pragmatic Responses to Running a CT Scanner. In Biomedicine Examined, ed. M. Lock and D. Gordon. London: Kluwer.
4. Bergthold, L. A. 1995. Medical Necessity: Do We Need It? Health Affairs 14(4): 180-190.
5. Best, J. 1989. Typification and Social Problems Construction. In Images of Issues: Typifying Contemporary Social Problems, ed. J. Best. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
6. Bethesda Conference: Cardiac Transplantation. 1992. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 22(1):1-64.
7. Birch, S., and A. Gafni 1994. Cost-Effectiveness Ratios: In a League of Their Own. Health Policy 28:133-141.
8. Blumstein, J. F. 1997. The Oregon Experiment: The Role of Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Allocation of Medicaid Funds. Social Science in Medicine 45(4):545-554.
9. Brown, L. D. 1991. The National Politics of Oregon's Rationing Plan. Health Affairs 10(2):28-51.
10. Calebresi, G., and P. Bobbitt. 1978. Tragic Choices. New York: W. W. Norton.
11. Callahan, D. 1991. Ethics and Priority Setting in Oregon. Health Affairs 10(2):78-87.
12. Callon, M. 1987. Society in the Making: The Study of Technology as a Tool for Sociological Analysis. In the Social Construction of Technology Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology, ed. W. E. Bijker, T. P. Hughes, and T. J. Pinch. Cambridge: MIT Press.
13. Campbell, A. 1995. Defining Core Health Services: The New Zealand Experience. Bioethics 9(3-4): 252-258.
14. Canadian Medical Association (CMA). 1994. Core and Comprehensive Health Care Services: A Framework for Decision Making. Ottawa: Canadian Medical Association.
15. Canadian Medical Association Rsearch Directorate (CMARD). 1997. Unisured Medical Servises: A Canadian Perspective. Ottawa: Canadian Medical Association.
16. Charles, C., J. Lomas, M. Giacomini, and V. Bhatia. 1997. "Medical Necessity" in Canadian Health Policy: Four Meaning and . . . a Funeral? Milbank Quarterly 75(3):365-394.
17. Chinitz, D., and A. Israeli. 1997 Health Reform and Rationing in Israel. Health Affairs 16(5):205-210.
18. Cooper, M. H. 1995. Core Services and the New Zealand Health Reforms. British Medical Bulletin 51(4):799-807.
19. Crawshaw, R., M. Garland, B. Hines, and B. Anderson. 1990. Developing Principles for Prudent Health Care Allocation: The Continuing Oregon Experiment. Western Journal of Medicine 152:441-446.
20. Cumming, J. 1994. Core Services and Priority-Setting: The New Zealand Experience. Health Policy 29:41-60.
21. Daniels, N. 1991. Is the Oregon Rationing Paln Fair? Journal of the American Medical Associations 265(17):2232-2235.
22. Deber, R., E. Ross, and M. Catz. 1994. Comprehensiveness in Health Care. Toronto: HEAL Action Lobby.
23. Dixon, A. S. 1990. The Evolution of Clinical Policies. Medical Care 28:201-220.
24. Dresser, R. 1992. Wanted: Single, White Male for Medical Research. Hastings Center Report January-February:24-29.
25. Drummond, M., J. Mason, and G. Torrance. 1995. Cost-Effectiveness League Tables: Think of the Fans. Health Policy 31:231-238.
26. Drummond, M., and G. Stoddart. 1995. Assessment of Health Producing Measures across Different Sectors. Health Policy 33:219-231.
27. Drummond, M., G. Torrance, and J. Mason. 1993. Cost-Effectiveness League Tables: More Harm than Good? Social Science and Medicine 37(1):33-40.
28. Eddy, D. M. 1989. Selecting Technologies for Assessment. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 5:485-501.
29. _. 1991. What Care Is "Essential"? What Services Are "Basic"? Journal of the American Medical Association 265(6):782-788.
30. Evans, R. G., M. L. Barer, G. L. Stoddart, and V. Bhatia. 1994. It's Not the Money, It's the Principle: Why User Charges for Some Services and Not Others? Toronto: The Premier's Council on Health, Well-Being, and Social Justice.
31. Evans, R. G., and G. L. Stoddart. 1990. Producing Health, Consuming Health Care. Social Science and Medicine 31(12):1347-1363.
32. Fineberg, H. V. 1984. Irresistible Medical Technologies: Weighing the Costs and Benefits. Technology Review 87(8):17-79.
33. Fitz-James, M. 1996. Is Pharmacoeconomics Bunk? Canadian Healthcare Manager Winter:12-16.
34. Fleck, L. M. 1991. The Oregon Medicaid Experiment: Is It Just Enough? Business and Professional Ethics Journal 9(3-4):201-217.
35. Fox, D. M., and H. M. Leichter. 1991. Rationing Care in Oregon: The New Accountability. Health Affairs 10(2):8-27.
36. _. 1993. State Model: Oregon. Health Affairs 12(2):66-70.
37. Gafni, A. 1996. Economic Evaluation of Health Care Interventions: An Economist's Perspective. ACP Journal Club (March-April):A12-A14.
38. Garland, M. J., and R. Hasnain. 1990. Health Care in Common: Setting Priorities in Oregon. Hastings Center Report September-October 1990:16-18.
39. _. 1991. Community Responsibility and the Development of Oregon's Health Care Priorities. Business and Professional Ethics Journal 9(3-4):183-200.
40. Gelijns, A. C., and N. Rosenberg. 1996. Making Choices about Medical Technology. In Fundamental Questions about the Future of Health Care, ed. L. J. Gunning-Shepers, G. J. Kronjee, and R. A. Spasoff. The Hague: Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy.
41. Giacomini, M., J. Hurley, and G. Stoddart. 1998. What It Can Mean to Deinsure a Health Service: The Case of IVF in Ontario. Unpublished manuscript.
42. Government Committee on Choices in Health Care (GCCHC). 1992. Choices in Health Care. Zoetermeer, The Netherlands: Ministry of Welfare, Health and Social Affairs.
43. Groves, T. 1993. Public Disagrees with Professionals over NHS Rationing. British Medical Journal 306:673.
44. Gunnell, D., I. Harvey, and L. Smith. 1995. The Invasive Management of Angina: Issues for Consumers and Commissioners. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 49(4):335-343.
45. Hadorn, D. C. 1991a. The Role of Public Values in Setting Health Care Priorities. Social Science and Medicine 32(7):773-781.
46. _. 1991b. Setting Health Care Priorities in Oregon: Cost-Effectiveness Meets the Rule of Rescue. Journal of the American Medical Association 265(17): 2218-2225.
47. Ham, C. 1993. Priority Setting in the NHS: Reports from Six Districts. British Medical Journal 307:435-438.
48. _. 1995. Synthesis: What Can We Learn from International Experience? British Medical Bulletin 51(4):819-830.
49. Henshall, C., W. Oortwijn, A. Stevens, A. Granados, and D. Banta. 1997. Priority-Setting for Health Technology Assessment. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 13(2):144-185.
50. Hillman, A. L., J. M. Eisenberg, M. C. Pauly, B. S. Bloom, H. Glick, B. Kinosian, and S. Schwartz. 1991. Avoiding Bias in the Conduct and Reporting of Cost-Effectiveness Research Sponsored by Pharmaceutical Companies. New England Journal of Medicine 324:1362-1365.
51. Institute of Medicine, Committee for Evaluating Medical Technologies in Clinical Use (IOM). 1985. Assessing Medical Technologies. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
52. Kaplan, R. M. 1993. Allocating Health Resources in California: Learning from the Oregon Experiment. Californina Policy Seminar Brief, vol. 5, no. 9.
53. Kassirer, J. P., and M. Angell. 1994. The Journal's Policy on Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. New England Journal of Medicine 331:669-670.
54. King, K. B., H. T. Reis, L. A. Porter, and L. H. Norsen. 1993. Social Support and Long-Term Recovery from Coronary Artery Surgery: Effects on Patients and Spouses. Health Psychology 12(1):56-63.
55. Kitzhaber, J. 1990-91. A Healthier Approach to Health Care. Issues in Science and Technology Winter:59-65.
56. Kitzhaber, J., and M. Gibson. 1990. Oregon "Rationing" Plan Levels Access Playing Field through HMO, PPO Deals. Managed Care Outlook 3(16):7-10.
57. Klein, R. 1992. Warning Signals from Oregon. British Medical Journal 304:1457-1458.
58. _. 1993. Dimensions of Rationing: Who Should Do What? British Medical Journal 307:309-311.
59. _. 1994. Can We Restrict the Health Care Menu? Health Policy 27(2):103-112.
60. Klevit, H. D., A. C. Bates, T. Castanares, P. Kirk, P. R. Sipes-Metzler, and R. Wopat. 1991. Prioritization of Health Care Services: A Progress Report by the Oregon Health Services Commission. Archives of Internal Medicine 151:912-916.
61. Koenig, B. 1988. The Technological Imperative in Medical Practice: The Social Creation of a "Routine" Treatment. In Biomedicine Examined, ed. M. Lock and D. Gordon. London: Kluwer.
62. Labonte, R. 1990. Health Care Spending as a Risk to Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health 81:251-252.
63. Latour, B. 1987. Machines. In Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers through Society. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
64. Levine, A. B., and T. B. Levine. 1991. Patient Evaluation for Cardiac Transplantation. Progress in Cardiovascular Disease 33(4):219-228.
65. Lomas, J. 1997. Reluctant Rationers: Public Input to Health Care Priorities. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 2(1):103-111.
66. March J. G. and J. P. Olson. 1989. The Role of Political Institutions. In Rediscovering Institutions. London: Collier Macmillan.
67. Mason, J., M. Drummond, and G. Torrance. 1993. Some Guidelines on the Use of Cost-Effective League Tables. British Medical Journal 306:570-572.
68. Maxwell, J. H. 1986. The Iron Lung: Halfway Technology or Necessary Step? Milbank Quarterly 64(1):3-33.
69. Maynard, A. 1991. Developing the Health Care Market. Economic Journal 101: 1277-1286.
70. McKinlay, J. B. 1992. Health Promotion through Healthy Public Policy: The Contribution of Complementary Research Methods. Canadian Journal of Public Health 83:S11-S19.
71. Moser, D. K. 1994. Social Support and Cardiac Recovery. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 9(1):27-36.
72. Neumann, P. J. 1997. Should Health Insurance Cover IVF? Issues and Options. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 22(5):1215-1237.
73. Neumann, P. J., and M. C. Weinstein. 1991. The Diffusion of New Technology: Costs and Benefits to Health Care. In The Changing Economics of Medical Technology, ed. A. Gelijns and E. A. Halm. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
74. Nord, E., J. Richardson, A. Street, H. Kuhse, and P. Singer. 1995. Who Cares about Cost? Does Economic Analysis Impose or Reflect Social Values? Health Policy 34:79-94.
75. Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States (OTA). 1992. Evaluation of the Oregon Medicaid Proposal: Summary. Washington, DC: Office of Technology Assessment.
76. Ontario Ministry of Health. 1994. Grier Accepts Pringle Report. News release and backgrounder 94/nr-037. 17 February.
77. Oregon Health Services Commission (OHSC). 1991. Prioritization of Health Services: A Report to the Governor and Legislature. Unpublished report.
78. Peters, M. P., and M. C. Rogers. 1994. Variation Is Approved by Insurance Companies of Coverage for Bone Marrow Transplantation for Breast Cancer. New England Journal of Medicine 330(7)473-477.
79. Pfaffenberger, B. 1988. Fetishized Objects and Humanized Nature: Towards an Anthropology of Technology. Man 23:236-252.
80. _. 1992. Technological Dramas. Science, Technology, and Human Values 17(3):282-312.
81. Pinch, T. J., and W. E. Bijker. 1987. The Social Construction of Facts and Artifacts: Or How the Sociology of Science and the Sociology of Technology Might Benefit Each Other. In The Social Construction of Technological Systems, ed. W. E. Bijker, T. P. Hughes, and T. J. Pinch. Cambridge: MIT Press.
82. Pringle, D. 1995. Deinsuring Medical Services: Practical or Perverse? Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Health Economics Research Association, 25 August, in Waterloo, Ontario.
83. Rachlis, M. M. 1995. Defining Basic Services and De-insuring the Rest: The Wrong Diagnosis and the Wrong Prescription. Canadian Medical Association Journal 152(9):1401-1405.
84. Redmayne, S., and R. Klein. 1993. Rationing in Practice: The Case of In Vitro Fertilization. British Medical Journal 306:1521-1524.
85. Reinhart, U. E. 1997. Making Economic Evaluations Respectable. Social Science in Medicine 45(4):555-562.
86. Robinson R. 1995. Economics, QALYs, and Medical Ethics: A Practical Agenda? Health Care Analysis 3:229-231.
87. Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies (RCNRT). 1993. Infertility Treatments: In Vitro Fertilization. In Proceed with Care: Final Report of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies. Ottawa: Minister of Government Services Canada.
88. Schattschneider, E. E. 1975. The Displacement of Conflicts. In The Semisovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America. Hinsdale, IL: Dryden.
89. Schwartz, W. B., and H. J. Aaron. 1990. The Achilles Heel of Health Care Rationing. New York Times, 9 July.
90. Sherman, D. L., and T. J. Ryan. 1995. Coronary Angioplasty versus Bypass Grafting: Cost-Benefit Considerations. Medical Clinics of North America 79(5):1085-1095.
91. Sobel, D. S. 1995. Rethinking Medicine: Improving Health Outcomes with Cost-Effective Psychosocial Interventions. Psychosomatic Medicine 57(3):234-244.
92. Star, S. L. 1988. The Sociology of Science and Technology. Social Problems 35(3):197-205.
93. Stason, W. 1991. Oregon's Bold Medicaid Initiative. Journal of the American Medical Association 265(17):2237-2238.
94. Steinbrook, R., and B. Lo. 1992. The Oregon Medicaid Demonstration Project: Will It Provide Adequate Medical Care? New England Journal of Medicine 326(5):340-344.
95. Stone, D. 1988. Decisions. In Policy Paradox and Political Reason. New York: HarperCollins.
96. Stronks, K., A.-M. Strijbis, J. F. Wendte, and L. J. Gunning-Schepers. 1991. Who Should Decide? Qualitative Analysis of Panel Data from Public, Patients, Healthcare Professionals, and Insurers on Priorities in Health Care. British Medical Journal 315:92-96.
97. Tanenbaum, S. 1986. Engineering Disability: Public Policy and Compensatory Technology. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
98. Taylor, M. G. 1990. National Medical Care Insurance. In Insuring National Health Care: The Canadian Experience. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
99. Tengs, T. O., M. E. Adams, J. S. Pliskin, D. G. Safran, J. E. Siegel, M. C. Weinstein, and J. D. Graham. 1995. Five-hundred Life-Saving Interventions and Their Cost-Effectiveness. Risk Analysis 15(3):369-390.
100. ten Have, H. A. M. J. 1995. Medical Technology Assessment and Ethics: Ambivalent Relations. Hastings Center Report September-October: 13-19.
101. Tymstra, T., and M. Andela. 1993. Opinions of Dutch Physicians, Nurses, and Citizens on Health Care Policy, Rationing, and Technology. Journal of the American Medical Association 210(24):2995-2999.
102. Van der Wilt, G. J. 1994. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Health Care Services and Concepts of Distributive Justice. Health Care Analysis 2:296-305.
103. Veatch, R. M. 1991. Should Basic Care Get Priority? Doubts about Rationing the Oregon Way. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 1(3):187-206.
104. Welch, H. G., and E. S. Fisher. 1992. Cost-Containment Efforts in the Public Sector: Oregon's Priority List. In Technology and Health Care in an Era of Limits, ed. A. C. Gelijns. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
105. Welch, H. G., and E. B. Larson. 1988. Dealing with Limited Resources: The Oregon Decision to Curtail Funding for Organ Transplantation. New England Journal of Medicine 319(3):171-173.
106. Wilson, R., M. S. Rowan, and J. Henderson. 1995. Core and Comprehesive Health Care Services: 1. Introduction to the Canadian Medical Association's Decision-Making Framework. Canadian Medical Association Journal 152(7):1063-1066.
107. Winner, L. 1977. Autonomous Technology: Technics-out-of-Control as a Theme in Political Thought. Cambridge: MIT Press.
108. _. 1980. Do Artifacts Have Politics? Daedalus 109(1):121-136.
109. Yates, B. C. 1995. The Relationships among Social Support and Short-and Long-Term Recovery Outcomes in Men with Coronary Heart Disease. Research in Nursing and Health 18(3):193-203.
110. Yoxen, E. 1987. Seeing with Sound: A Study of the Development of Medical Images. In The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology, ed. W. E. Bijker, T. P. Hughes, and T. J. Pinch. Cambridge: MIT Press.