Medical device innovation - Is "better" good enough?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1464-1466

  Suter, Lisa G ^a,c   Paltiel, A David ^b   Rome, Benjamin N ^d   Solomon, Daniel H ^d,e   Golovaty, Ilya ^d   Gerlovin, Hanna ^d   Katz, Jeffrey N ^d,f   Losina, Elena ^d,e,g  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 80054765275     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1109285     Document Type: Short Survey

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