What technologies for health care in developing countries?
In order to decide whether a health technology is suitable for introduction into a developing country it is first necessary to assess both it and the infrastructural conditions in which it would have to function. The present article examines the rationale for establishing national health technology assessment programmes and outlines how they might be conducted.
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Department of Community and Family Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007.
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D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science