There has been a great increase in the sophistication of healthcare technology in recent decades. What effect has increased technology primarily had on the provision of healthcare?
A) Health technologies have made healthcare more accessible to larger numbers of Americans.
B) High-technology equipment requires a large capital investment in the short-term but reduces
healthcare costs in the long-term.
C) Health technologies improve patient care and provide an incentive for innovative people to
enter the healthcare field.
D) Sophisticated health technologies can improve patient outcomes but increase healthcare
costs greatly.
Ans: D
Health-related technologies often have the potential to improve patient outcomes but
they typically increase costs to healthcare institutions and, ultimately, to healthcare consumers.
They do not normally result in decreased costs in the longer term and their ability to directly
attract innovators to the healthcare industry has not been proven.
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