Using Patient Preference Information to Inform Regulatory Decision Making
Jennifer E. Flythe, Melissa West
Abstract
Medical devices play an essential role in the health care system, often facilitating patients’ management of their own health. Such devices—items used for the “diagnosis…cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease that are not absorbed or metabolized by the body” ([1][1])—range
Topics & Concepts
MedicinePreferenceHealth careMedical decision makingClinical decision makingMedical informationDiseaseDisease managementIntensive care medicineMedical emergencyFamily medicineInternal medicineEconomic growthParkinson's diseaseMicroeconomicsEconomicsBiomedical Ethics and RegulationHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifePharmaceutical studies and practices