Vol. 10 1994 International Jo TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE CAMBRIDGE Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Edinburgh Building, Shaftsbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Copyright 1994 by Cambridge University Press Printed in the United States of America CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Printed in the United States of America VOLUME 10 (1994) INDEX Ada, Gordon. Desirable Immunologic Characteristics for the Development of an Ideal Vaccine, 71 Alford, Raye Lynn, Belinda J.F. Rossiter, C. Thomas Caskey. DNA Diagnosis in Monogenic Diseases, 628 Allison, Anthony C. Adjuvants and Immune Enhancement, 107 Alonso, Maria J. See Cohen Amstey, Marvin. See Insel Arita, Isao. See Robbins Babazono, Akira, and Alan L. Hillman. A Comparison of International Health Outcomes and Health Care Spending, 376 Biancamano, John. See Stetler Bobrow, Martin. See Chitty Booth, Holly. See Gillis Brennan, Patricia Flatley, and Stefan Ripich. Use of a Home-Care Computer Network by Persons with AIDS, 258 Brown, Fred. DNA Technology and Vaccines, 583 Brown, Fred. Synthetic Peptides and Purified Antigens as Vaccines, 161 Brown, Kenneth R., and R. Gordon Douglas, Jr. New Challenges in Quality Control and Licensure: Regulation, 55 Buckingham, Ken, Ian Russell, Iain Ross, Patrick Gibson, and Neil Paterson. The Effect of Allowing Clinical Discretion in Ordering Biochemical Tests: Evaluation by Complementary Methods, 695 Carrasco, Peter. See de Quadros Caskey, Thomas C. See Alford Chitty, Lyn S., and Martin Bobrow. Techniques in Current Use in Prenatal Diagnosis, 604 Cohen, Smadar, Robert Langer, and Maria J. Alonso. Novel Approaches to Controlled-Release Antigen Delivery, 121 Cook, Sarah Sheets. Nurses and Technology: Maintaining a Balance Between Intervention and Nurturing for Childbearing Women. A Commentary on Dr. Inger Stauning, 282 Curry, Stephen. See Stetler Demicheli, Vittorio. See Jefferson de Quadros, Ciro A., Jean-Marc Olivé, and Peter Carrasco. The Desired Field-Performance Characteristics of New Improved Vaccines for the Developing World, 65 Douglas, R. Gordon, Jr. See Brown Douglas, R. Gordon, Jr. See Ellis Ellis, Ronald W., and R. Gordon Douglas, Jr. Combination Vaccines, 185 Eisenberg, John M. See Shimbo Fagan, John. See Stetler Fehlauer, Charles S. See Gillis Feldman, Eric A. Culture, Conflict, and Cost: Perspectives on Brain Death in Japan, 447 Fischbein, Siv. See Furu Ford, Leslie. See Kaluzny Freeman, Phyllis. See Martinez-Palomo Freeman, Phyllis, and Anthony Robbins. Introduction: Vaccine Technologies and Public Health: Why a Critical Review Now?, 1 Freidman, Leonard H., and Jane Jorgensen. Physicians’ Influence on the Decision to Acquire Magnetic Resonance Imagers in Acute Care Hospitals, 667 Fukushima, Masanori. See Ochiai Furu, Margareta, Siv Fischbein, and Urban Rosengqvist. Individual Perception of Education and Treatment Versus Actual Outcome: A Theoretical Model Exemplified by an Interventional Study on Patients with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, 701 Galjaard, Hans. Genetic Technology in Health Care: A Global View, 527 Germain, Ronald N. Modern Concepts in Immune Recognition and Lymphocyte Activation: Relevance for the Development of Useful Vaccines, 81 Gibson, Patrick. See Buckingham Gillis, Pamela A., Charles S. Fehlauer, Holly Booth, Jerome Soller, and Judith R. Graves. Translating Traditional Principles of System Development Into a Process for Designing Clinical Information Systems, 235 Glick, Henry A. See Shimbo Index Goodman, Gerald R. Increasing Physician Acceptance of Technology Assessment Through a Focused Training Program, 312 Graves, Judith R. See Gillis Hanson, Monica. See Stetler Hart, Gary L. See Rosenblatt Hellsten, Gideon. See Lindholm Hill, Terrel. See Parker Hillman, Alan L. See Babazono Hisashige, Akinori. Health Economic Analysis of the Neonatal Screening Program in Japan, 382 Hisashige, Akinori. The Introduction and Evaluation of MRI in Japan, 392 Hisashige, Akinori. See Ikegami Holtzman, Neil A. Discovery, Transfer, and Diffusion of Technologies for the Detection of Genetic Disorders: Policy Implications, 562 Homma, Akira, and Robert F. Knouss. The Transfer of Vaccine Technology to Developing Countries: The Latin American Experience, 47 Insel, Richard A., Kathleen Woodin, Marvin Amstey, and Michael Pichichero. Maternal Immunization to Prevent Infectious Diseases in the Neonate or Infant, 143 Ikeda, Shunya, Nobuaki Tsuchihashi, Nobuko Kawashiro, and Jin Kanzaki. Management of Acute Otitis Media: Assessment of Therapeutic Strategy in Japan Today, 426 Ikegami, Naoki, and Akinori Hisashige. Introduction, 341 Jefferson, Tom, David Wright, and Vittorio Demicheli. An Economic Evaluation of the Introduction of Vaccination Against Hepatitis A in a Peacekeeping Operation: The Case of the United Nations Protection Force in Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR), 490 Jendteg, Stefan. See Wallengren Jorgensen, Jane. See Freidman Kaback, Michael M. Perspectives in Genetic Screening: Principles and Implications, 592 Kaluzny, Arnold D., Linda M. Lacey, Richard Warnecke, Joseph P. Morrissey, Edward J. Sondik, and Leslie Ford. Accrual of Patients to Randomized Clinical Trials: Factors Affecting Cancer Prevention and Control Research, 506 Kanemune, Miyuki. See Kitai Kanzaki, Jin. See Ikeda Karlsson, Ingela. See Larsson Kawashiro, Nobuko. See Ikeda Kitai, Hirokatsu, Hisako Watanabe, Mitsuko Sayama, Miyuki Kanemune, Mayumi Nishiyama, Ruriko Nishino, and Kimihiko Itoh. The Acceptability of Prenatal Diagnosis in Japan, 436 Kiyono, Hiroshi. See McGhee Knouss, Robert F. See Homma Lacey, Linda M. See Kaluzny La Montagne, John R., and N. Regina Rabinovich. The Promise of New Technologies, 7 Langer, Robert. See Cohen Larson, Eric H. See Rosenblatt Larsson, Par A., Gésta Pettersson, Anders MOller, Eva Berglin William-Olsson, Ingela Karlsson, Peter A. Shapiro, and Marie Stolz-Léfgren. Toward a Model for Quality Assessment in Heart Transplantation, 305 Lawton, Alexander R. Immunization of the Neonate, 154 Lemon, Stanley M., and Julie B. Milstien. The Thermostability of Vaccines: Technologies for Improving the Thermostability of the Oral Poliovirus Vaccine, 177 Leidl, Reiner M. Some Factors to Consider When Using the Results of Economic Evaluation Studies at the Population Level, 467 Lindgren, Bjorn. See Wallengren Lindholm, Lars, Gideon Hellsten, and Mans Rosén. Are People Willing to Pay for a Community-Based Preventive Program?, 317 Lépez-Cervantes, Malaquias. See Martinez-Palomo Johannesson, Magnus. The Concept of Cost in the Economic Evaluation of Health Care: A Theoretical Inquiry, 675 Marshall, Deborah. See Menon Martinez-Palomo, Adolfo, Phyllis Freeman, and Malaquias Lopez-Cervantes. The Role of Vaccine Research and Development in the Scientific Development of Middle-Income Countries, 30 McGhee, Jerry R., and Hiroshi Kiyono. Effective Mucosal Immunity: Current Concepts for Vaccine Delivery and Immune Response Analysis, 93 728 INTL. J. OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE 10:4, 1994 MEETINGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS, 205, 334 Mekalanos, John J. Live Attenuated Vaccine Vectors, 131 Menon, Devidas, and Deborah Marshall. Diffusion of Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Canada, 287 Milstien, Julie B. See Lemon Moller, Anders. See Larsson Morrissey, Joseph P. See Kaluzny Motulsky, Arno G., Frederick C. Robbins, and Thomas H. Murray. Introduction: The New Genetics and Health Care, 525 Mundinger, Mary. See Neuhauser Murray, Thomas H. Assessing Genetic Technologies: Two Ethical Issues, 573 Murray, Thomas H. See Motulsky Nesbitt, Thomas S. See Rosenblatt Neuhauser, Duncan, and Mary Mundinger. Introduction, 209 Nilsson, Bo. See Tennvall Nishino, Ruriko, See Kitai Nishiyama, Mayumi. See Kitai Nordenskidld, Ulla. Evaluation of Assistive Devices After a Course in Joint Protection, 293 Ochiai, Kazunori, Yoshiteru Terashima, Hiroshi Sasaki, and Masanori Fukushima. Prognostic Factor Analysis and Treatment Results of Ovarian Cancer, 406 Olivé, Jean-Marc. See de Quadros Oshima, Akira. A Critical Review of Cancer Screening Programs in Japan, 346 Parker, David, and Terrel Hill. The Contribution of Immunization to Economic Development, 21 Paterson, Neil. See Buckingham Persson, Ulf. See Tennvall Pettersson, Gésta. See Larsson Pichichero, Michael. See Insel Prescott, Patricia A. Cost-Effective Primary Care Providers: An Important Component of Health Care Reform, 249 Rabinovich, N. Regina. See La Montagne Ramachandran, Suryanarayan, and Philip K. Russell. Conclusion: A New Technologic Synthesis: The Children’s Vaccine Initiative, 193 Ranstam, Jonas. See Wallengren REVIEWS, 330, 517, 717 Ripich, Stefan. See Brennan Robbins, Anthony. See Freeman Robbins, Anthony, and Isao Arita. The Global Capacity for Manufacturing Vaccines: Prospects for Competition and Collaboration Among Producers in the Next Decade, 39 Robbins, Frederick C. See Motulsky Rosén, Mans. See Lindholm Rosenblatt, Roger A., Gregory R. Saunders, Carolyn J. Tressler, Eric H. Larson, Thomas S. Nesbitt, and L. Gary Hart. The Diffusion of Obstetric Technology into Rural U.S. Hospitals, 479 Rosenau, Pauline Vaillancourt. Reflections on the Cost Consequences of the New Gene Technology for Health Policy, 546 Rosenqvist, Urban. See Furu Ross, lain. See Buckingham Rossiter, Belinda J.F. See Alford Rowley, Janet D. DNA Diagnosis in Oncology, 644 Russell, lan. See Buckingham Russell, Philip K. See Ramachandran Samuelsson, Sven-Marten. See Wallengren Sasaki, Hiroshi. See Ochiai Saunders, Gregory R. See Rosenblatt Sayama, Mitsuko. See Kitai Seitz, Pauline. See Taft Shapiro, Peter A. See Larsson Shimbo, Takuro, John M. Eisenberg, and Henry A. Glick. Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Japan, 359 Soller, Jerome. See Gillis Sondik, Edward J. See Kaluzny Stauning, Inger. Women, Health, and Medical Technology, 273 Stein, Kathryn E., Glycoconjugate Vaccines: What Next? 167 INTL. J. OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE 10:4, 1994 729 Index Stetler, Cheryl B., John Biancamano, John Fagan, Stephen Curry, and Monica Hanson. Patient-Centered Redesign: More Collaborative Clinical Input into Capital Budget Decisions, 227 Stolz-Léfgren, Marie. See Larsson Taft, Susan Hoefflinger, and Pauline Seitz. Innovations in Human Service Technologies: Strengthening Health Care Delivery Systems, 214 TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT REPORTS, 197, 198, 200, 202, 203, 325, 326, 327, 328, 710, 711, 713, 714, 715 Tennvall, Gunnel Ragnarson, Ulf Persson, and Bo Nilsson. The Economic Costs of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Sweden, 683 Terashima, Yoshiteru. See Ochiai Tressler, Carolyn J. See Rosenblatt Tsuchihashi, Nobuaki. See Ikeda Wallengren, Brita, Bj6rn Lindgren, Jonas Ranstam, Sven-Marten Samuelsson, and Stefan Jendteg. Use of the Swedish Microcomputer Alarm System in Care for the Elderly and Disabled: Policy and Practice, 498 Warnecke, Richard. See Kaluzny Warren, Kenneth S. The Effectiveness of Means of Controlling Communicable Diseases, 14 Watanabe, Hisako. See Kitai William-Olson, Eva Berglin. See Larsson Wivel, Nelson A. Gene Therapy: Molecular Medicine of the 1990s, 655 Woodin, Kathleen. See Insel Wright, David. 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