Health Care Technology and Its Assessment

In a technological society, with increasing dependence on technology, concerns are natural. Health care technology is associated with a number of these concerns, including whether it is beneficial, too costly, or associated with unacceptable social costs. An important method for evaluating health care technology and its implications is technology assessment, and a growing number of countries are now using this technique in health care as a help to policy-makers, clinicians, and patients in making difficult choices.