Tabla de Contenidos: “…; ""PUBLIC AGENCIES""; ""U.S. Public Health Service""; ""Food and Drug Administration""; ""National Institutes of Health""; ""Centers for Disease Control""; ""Agency for Health Care Policy and Research""; ""Other Public Agencies""; ""Health Care Financing Administration""; ""U.S. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Assessing Medical Technologies""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""PROCEDURE FOR THE STUDY""; ""AUDIENCE FOR THE STUDY""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""THE SCOPE OF U.S. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT""; ""Varieties and Expense of Assessment""; ""Federal Government""; ""Drug Industry""; ""Medical Device Industry""; ""Other Private Sector Assessment Activities""; ""Lags in Assessment""; ""Recommendations""; ""METHODS OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT""; ""EFFECTS OF EVALUATION ON DIFFUSION OF TECHNOLOGY""; ""Diffusion and Its Determinants""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…MAKING IMPORTANT DECISIONS -- Allocation of Research Funds -- Regulatory Decisions About Technologies -- Food and Drug Administration -- Third-Party Payers -- CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT OF TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEARTS -- Considerations for the Next Decision Point -- OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS -- Future Development of Ventricular Assist Devices -- Clinical Trials and Patient Follow-up -- Clinical Trials -- Postmarketing Surveillance -- Posttrial Follow-up -- Fostering Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research -- Patients' Quality of Life and Treatment Preferences -- Research Needs -- Heart Failure Research -- Epidemiological Research -- Communication Among MCSS Researchers -- HOW THIS REPORT SHOULD BE USED -- REFERENCE -- Appendixes -- A History and Methods of This Evaluation -- ADDENDUM -- B A Chronology of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Artificial Heart Program and Related Events -- C Technological Opportunities and Barriers in the Development of Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems -- CURRENT STATE OF THE TECHNOLOGY IN MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT SYSTEMS -- Short-Term-Use Devices (fewer than 180 days) -- Total Artificial Heart -- Animal and Clinical Results -- Technological Development of Pneumatic Total Artificial Hearts -- Univentricular or Biventricular Assist Devices -- Pulsatile Devices (Sac/Diaphragm) -- Steady-Flow Devices -- Summary -- Permanent or Long-Term-Use Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems (more than 180 days) -- Unilateral Assist Devices -- In Vitro and In Vivo Test Results -- Permanent Total Artificial Hearts -- University of Utah System -- Nimbus/Cleveland Clinic System -- ABIOMED/Texas Heart System -- Pennsylvania State University System -- Non-U.S. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chemoprophylaxis and Therapy -- Drug Resistance -- Paradigms -- Bednets -- REFERENCES -- 11 Economics of Malaria Control -- WHERE WE WANT TO BE IN THE YEAR 2010 -- WHERE WE ARE TODAY -- Applications of Economics to Malaria -- The Economic Costs of Malaria -- Costs and Effects of Malaria Control -- Operational Research -- Economics and Policymaking -- Determining Policy Option -- Epidemiology and Economics -- Example 1: The Burden of Disease and Priority Setting -- Example 2: Decreasing Returns -- Example 3: More Decreasing Returns -- Example 4: Average Versus Marginal Costs and Benefits -- Example 5: Economics and Epidemiologic Paradigms -- RESEARCH AGENDA -- Decision Making Skills -- Data Collection -- Information, Education, and Communication Programs -- Resources -- REFERENCES -- 12 Social and Behavioral Aspects of Malaria -- WHERE WE WANT TO BE IN THE YEAR 2010 -- WHERE WE ARE TODAY -- Factors Favoring Malaria Transmission -- Agricultural Development -- Type I and Type II Farming Systems -- Human Population Movements -- Urbanization -- Implications for Malaria Control Programs -- Acceptance and Usage of Control Methods -- Perceptions of Cerebral Malaria -- Causes of Malaria -- Water and Mosquitoes -- Distinguishing Malaria from Other Diseases -- Drug Side Effects and Beliefs About Drug Action -- Logistical and Organizational Problems -- Lack of Community Participation -- RESEARCH AGENDA -- Understanding Community Beliefs -- Health-Seeking Behavior -- Research Methods -- Health Communications -- Community Participation -- Community Involvement in Planning and Evaluation -- REFERENCES -- Appendix A Paradigms -- TYPES OF MALARIA -- DETERMINANTS -- TOOLS -- Appendix B Dissenting Opinion -- REFERENCES -- Glossary A -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Summary""; ""Part I: Setting the Stage for Understanding and Improving the U.S. …”