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Health Care Technology Transfer in Latin America and the Caribbean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2009

Gloria A. Coe  and
David Banta
Gloria A. Coe
Affiliation:
Pan American Health Organization
David Banta
Affiliation:
TNO/WHO Program in Health Care Technology Assessment
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Abstract

The greatest problem concerning health care technology for developing countries is that they are dependent upon the industrialized world for technology. The only short-term solution to this problem is to improve the choices that are available to them. This goal will require changes in the structure and processes of policy making. A particular difficulty for these countries is the lack of trained personnel in fields related to technology assessment.

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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , Spring 1992 , pp. 255 - 267
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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