Med Tech Ends Need to Justify Means, Says Professor of University of Chicago

Futurity -- U. CHICAGO (US) — To control the rising cost of health care, consideration of the cost-effectiveness of research should be expanded when developing medical technology. “The effects of science and technology on health care costs depend on the policy context in which those technologies are developed and applied,” says David Meltzer, associate professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, who also holds a PhD in economics.

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