Survey of clinical engineering in developing countries and model for technology acquisition and diffusion

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 170-173

  Frize, Monique ^a,b   Cao, Xinyuan ^b   Roy, Isabelle ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Canadian International Development Agency   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Asia; Clinical engineering; Developing countries; Diffusion; Latin America; Medical technology; Survey

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIFFUSION; HOSPITALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ASIA; CLINICAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; LATIN AMERICA; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33846901873     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1616369     Document Type: Conference Paper

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