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Substituting diagnostic services. New tests only partly replace older ones.

J M Eisenberg1, J S Schwartz, F C McCaslin

  • 1Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.

JAMA
|September 1, 1989
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Newer medical technologies often complement, rather than replace, older diagnostic services in hospitals. Larger teaching hospitals adopt new technologies faster, but older services may persist.

Area of Science:

  • Health Services Research
  • Medical Technology Assessment
  • Hospital Administration

Background:

  • Hospitals adopt new medical technologies at varying rates.
  • Understanding the dynamics of technology adoption and abandonment is crucial for healthcare management.
  • The interplay between new and existing ancillary services requires investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine hospital ancillary service use patterns.
  • To determine if new technologies replace older ones or complement them.
  • To identify factors influencing the adoption and abandonment of medical services.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of annual inpatient use data for five pairs of diagnostic tests (1978-1980).
  • Comparison of usage trends between established and newer, substitutable services across 63 hospitals.

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  • Statistical analysis to identify predictors of changes in service utilization.

    • Main Results:

    • Gallbladder ultrasound adoption led to a significant increase in its use and a small decrease in oral cholecystogram use.
    • Other newer technologies generally increased in use without significant decreases in paired older services.
    • Hospital size, teaching programs, occupancy, urban location, and specialist proportion predicted changes in test use.

    Conclusions:

    • New diagnostic services diffuse gradually, often complementing rather than substituting for older services.
    • Larger hospitals with greater teaching commitments adopt new technologies and abandon older ones more rapidly.
    • Technology adoption in hospitals is a complex process influenced by institutional characteristics.