Biomedical subjects
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Epoetin alfa therapy has been proven effective in treating anemia in dialysis patients; it increases the hematocrit (HCT) and improves the quality of life. The reimbursement policy for Epoetin alfa therapy is very important to dialysis patients; nurses need to understand the policy to help patients with reimbursement and to comply with the provisions for patient monitoring and education.
This article examines technology in primary care and its implications for technology assessment. Following an overview of the primary care setting and the importance of medical technology to primary care providers, the article identifies the new decisionmakers in medicine who both direct and respond to technological change in primary care, focusing, in particular, on their needs for information on primary care technologies. Furthermore, new methodologic issues for technology assessors are posed and examined. Finally, the authors offer conclusions about the need for changes in technology assessment and speculate about its future in primary care.
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