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An approach to prioritization of medical devices in low-income countries : an example based on the Republic of South Sudan
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Lilford, Richard, Burn, Samantha L., Diaconu, Karin D., Lilford, Peter, Chilton, Peter J., Bion, Victoria, Cummins, Carole and Manaseki-Holland, Semira (2015) An approach to prioritization of medical devices in low-income countries : an example based on the Republic of South Sudan. Cost effectiveness and resource allocation, Volume 13 (Number 1). pp. 1-7. Article number 2. doi:10.1186/s12962-014-0027-3
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12962-014-0027-3
Abstract
Background:
Efficient and evidence-based medical device and equipment prioritization is of particular importance in low-income countries due to constraints in financing capacity, physical infrastructure and human resource capabilities.
Methods:
This paper outlines a medical device prioritization method developed in first instance for the Republic of South Sudan. The simple algorithm offered here is a starting point for procurement and selection of medical devices and can be regarded as a screening test for those that require more labour intensive health economic modelling.
Conclusions:
A heuristic method, such as the one presented here, is appropriate for reaching many medical device prioritization decisions in low-income settings. Further investment and purchasing decisions that cannot be reached so simply require more complex health economic modelling approaches.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Population, Evidence & Technologies (PET) Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Public health -- South Sudan | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Cost effectiveness and resource allocation | ||||||||
| Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1478-7547 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 10 January 2015 | ||||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 December 2015 | ||||||||
| Volume: | Volume 13 | ||||||||
| Number: | Number 1 | ||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 7 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-7 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | Article number 2 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12962-014-0027-3 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||||
| Funder: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), National Institute for Health Research (Great Britain) (NIHR) | ||||||||
| Grant number: | GR/S29874/01 (EPSRC) |
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