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Decision Making on the Adoption of Advanced Medical Technology in Taiwan
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2009
Abstract
This paper discusses both the current interest in and approaches to the employment of advanced medical technology in Taiwan. It describes the formation of the national policy, including funding, reimbursement, and regulatory processes, on adopting innovative and expensive medical technologies. Using the case of extracorporeal Shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL), the key players who affect organizational decision making on the adoption and diffusion of medical technology have also been analyzed. Finally, it examines some of the salient features of medical technology adoption and assessment in Taiwan, and in other countries which depend heavily upon imported advanced medical technology. It is hoped that an understanding of Taiwan's attempts to use innovative medical technology wisely while incorporating the practice of technology assessment and appropriate policies, will assist other countries with similar conditions to gain maximal benefit from technological advancement.
- Type
- Special Section: The Organization and Use of Technology in the Hospital Part I: Social, Economic, and Political Issues
- Information
- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 293 - 301
- Copyright
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987
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