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Background paper
80
Technical Memoranda
34
OTA background papers
25
The Implications of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Medical Technology
20
An Assessment of Community Planning for Mass Transit
11
Staff paper
9
HIV-related issues. Background paper
5
Preventive Health Services Under Medicare
5
Adolescent Health
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Medicare's Prospective Payment System: Strategies for Evaluating Cost, Quality, and Medical Technology
A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "arrays the possible effects of PPS (prospective payment system) on the health care system and assesses the extent to which these effects can be measured" (p. iii)
Date:
October 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Review of the Public Health Service's Response to AIDS
A review by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of "the recent and proposed activities of the Public Health Service (PHS) in response to AIDS" and an evaluation of "the planning, resources and staffing of PHS's efforts to control AIDS" (p. iii).
Date:
February 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Status of Biomedical Research and Related Technology for Tropical Diseases
A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) examining the "status of biomedical research and technologies for controlling tropical diseases" (p. iii).
Date:
September 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Strategic Materials: Technologies to Reduce U.S. Import Vulnerability
A study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "assesses the technical alternatives to continued reliance on southern Africa and the U.S.S.R. for strategic metals" (p. iii).
Date:
May 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Superfund Strategy
A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that looks at "problems with long-term containment of newly generated hazardous wastes" in relation to the Superfund program (p. iii).
Date:
April 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Technology Case Study 33: Technologies for Managing Urinary Incontinence
A case study that "describes medical devices and other technologies used to manage urinary incontinence and reports on the firms that produce such devices" (p. 3).
Date:
July 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technologies To Benefit Agriculture and Wildlife: Workshop Proceedings
A collection of papers prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "presents a broad range of papers on specific technologies that could benefit both agricultural production and wildlife habitat requirements on private lands" (p. iii).
Date:
May 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies
An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of the "opportunities and risks involved in an accelerated program of research on new ballistic missile defense technologies, including those that might lead to deployment of weapons in space" (Foreward).
Date:
September 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Blood Policy and Technology
An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that assesses the bloody policy and technologies, specifically recent developments in the fields.
Date:
January 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Technology Cast Study 34: The Cost Effectiveness of Digital Subtraction Angiography in the Diagnosis of Cerebrovascular Disease
A case study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that presents "a careful description of the current and potential application of DSA (Digital Subtraction Angiography) within the area of diagnostic radiology concerned with cerebrovascular disease and to suggest the implications of the technology for patterns of clinical practice and patient care costs under different assumptions" (p. 3-4).
Date:
May 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Demographic Trends and the Scientific and Engineering Workforce
A technical memorandum by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "explores the effect that changes in the size and composition of the U.S. population may have on the science and engineering work force" (p. iii).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Displaced Homemakers: Programs and Policy: An Interim Report
A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that focuses on the "problems of and programs for displaced homemakers" (p. iii).
Date:
October 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Electronic Surveillance and Civil Liberties
A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that focuses on "technological developments in the basic communication and information infrastructure of the United States that present new or changed opportunities for and vulnerabilities to electronic surveillance, not on the details of specific surveillance devices" (Foreward).
Date:
October 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Technology Transfer to China
A technical memorandum by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "examines the opportunities for the transfer of various energy technologies to China" and also "reviews the motivations for U.S. companies and other institutions for transferring technology and the vehicles for doing so" (p. iii).
Date:
September 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Information Technology Research and Development: Critical Trends and Issues
A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "examines four specific areas of research as case studies: computer architecture, artificial intelligence, fiber optics, and software engineering" in light of their new role in the United States economy (p. iii).
Date:
February 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Remote Sensing and the Private Sector: Issues for Discussion
A technical memorandum prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that :is designed to help Congress determine the appropriate requirements and conditions for private sector ownership of the U.S. land remote-sensing system" (p. iii).
Date:
March 1984
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Review of Postal Automation Strategy: A Technical and Decision Analysis
A memorandum by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that reviews the "United States Postal Service (USPS) decision to utilizes single-line optical character readers (OCRs) instead of multi-line OCRs" and conducts "a comparative technical and economic analysis of the two technologies in the context of the overall postal automation program" (Foreward).
Date:
June 1984
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technologies to Sustain Tropical Forest Resources
An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that identifies and discusses "in-depth some of the constraints and opportunities to develop and implement forest-sustaining technologies"(p. iii).
Date:
March 1984
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology and the Future of the U.S. Construction Industry: Proceedings of the Panel on Technical Change and the U.S. Building Construction Industry
An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of the construction industry and technology that is reshaping the industry and what impacts these technologies might have.
Date:
August 1984
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology Transfer to the Middle East
A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "clarifies the policy issues surrounding technology transfer to developing countries, by highlighting tradeoffs among various commercial, political, and development assistance policy goals, and by suggesting options for more consistent policies affecting technology transfer to developing countries" (p. iii).
Date:
September 1984
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology, Innovation, and Regional Economic Development
A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that focuses on high-technology development initiatives in several regions of the United States.
Date:
July 1984
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology, Renewable Resources, and American Crafts: Background Paper
A background paper by Office of Technology Assessment that "summarizes technology's effects on crafts (some of which are folk and fine art) that use renewable resources as raw materials" (p. iii).
Date:
April 1984
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Electric Power Wheeling and Dealing: Technological Considerations for Increasing Competition
This assessment analyzes how the Nation’s power systems could accommodate various proposals for competition intended to make the electric power industry more responsive to market forces. Operation of an electric power system is extremely complex, and increased competition could have serious effects on costs and reliability if not implemented carefully. The assessment identifies the technical requirements that must be met to keep the system working well as the level of competition increases, and determines how competitive enterprises could meet these requirements.
Date:
May 1989
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Enhancing the Quality of U.S. Grain for International Trade
Congress amended the Food Security Act of 1985 and directed the Office of Technology Assessment to conduct a comprehensive study of the technologies, institutions, and policies that affect U.S. grain quality and to prepare a comparative analysis of the grain quality systems of major export competitors of the United States. It focuses on the U.S. grain system and possible changes within that system to enhance grain quality.
Date:
February 1989
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library