Regulating incremental innovation in medical devices

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kesselheim, Aaron S ^a   Rajan, Prashant V ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMPLANT; CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DEVICE APPROVAL; DEVICE SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MEDICAL DEVICE REGULATION; METAL ON METAL JOINT PROSTHESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; STANDARD;

FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE;

EID: 84988813583     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g5303     Document Type: Editorial

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