Survey of clinical engineering effectiveness in developing world hospitals: Equipment resources, procurement and donations

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4499-4502

  Mullally, Shauna ^a   Frize, Monique ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HOSPITALS;

CLINICAL ENGINEERING; DEVELOPING WORLD; EASTERN EUROPE; EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT; INTERNATIONAL STUDIES; LATIN AMERICA; MIDDLE EAST;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 61849098345     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4650212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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