How interested are Americans in new medical technologies? A multicountry comparison

Health Affairs

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 194-201

  Kim, Minah ^a   Blendon, Robert J ^b   Benson, John M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CANADA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; RESEARCH SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442579127     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.20.5.194     Document Type: Article

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