一、卫生费用上涨的主要因素是技术方面的变化长期的实践表明卫生保健的配给方法是控制卫生费用的唯一方式。尽管许多办法可以短期内节省开支,如把小手术放到门诊部去作或减少实验室检验等方式,相对地讲,节省是很有限的,因为,这些并不是使卫生费用上涨的主要因素。我们认为造成卫生费用上涨的主要因素是技术上的变化。在美国已经形成了相当可观的 First, the main factor in the rise in health costs is the change in technology. Long-term practice shows that the distribution method of health care is the only way to control health costs. Although many approaches can save expenses in the short term, such as placing minor operations in outpatient departments or reducing laboratory tests, the savings are relatively limited, because these are not the main factors that increase health costs. We believe that the main factor causing the increase in health costs is technological change. Has formed a considerable amount in the United States