The National Space Transportation Policy: Issues for Congress (open access)

The National Space Transportation Policy: Issues for Congress

This report is the first in a broad assessment of the health and future prospects of the U.S. space transportation technology and industrial base. The report focuses on the Clinton Administration’s National Space Transportation Policy. It examines administration policy in light of the implementation plans prepared by NASA, DOD, and the Transportation and Commerce Departments.
Date: May 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hospital Financing in Seven Countries (open access)

Hospital Financing in Seven Countries

This report discusses a seven-country study of hospital financing is an attempt to find lessons for the United States. The individual experiences over the past decade of the United States and six of its international peers—Canada, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden—in hospital financing and payment systems are reviewed by experts in each country.
Date: May 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture, Trade, and Environment: Achieving Complementary Policies (open access)

Agriculture, Trade, and Environment: Achieving Complementary Policies

This report provides information that can help align agricultural legislation with emerging needs and trends. Current policies do not ameliorate conflicts between agricultural production and environmental quality, between trade and the environment, and between agriculture and competitive trade.
Date: May 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Costs and Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Screening in Elderly Men (open access)

Costs and Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Screening in Elderly Men

The background paper summarizes the evidence on the effectiveness and costs of prostate cancer screening and treatment in elderly men and explores the implications for Medicare of offering this preventive technology as a Medicare benefit.
Date: May 1995
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library