[Changes in the benefits spectrum of medical insurance by the development of advanced technology medicine]

The development of technical, diagnostic and therapeutical treatment in medicine to high-tech medicine and the survival of patients with necessity of permanent medical treatment and the development of a disadvantageous age structure of the population will need a continuous going up of costs in health maintenance. Restrictive handling of unnecessary medical treatment can only for a short time delay the going up costs, but it cannot stop this development or reverse it.