Purchasing of medical equipment in public hospitals: The mini-HTA tool

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 807-808

  Govender, Moreshnee ^a   Mueller, Debjani B ^b,c   Basu, Debashis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 80655142276     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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