title: Medical equipment industry in India: Production, procurement and utilization.
abstract: This article presents information on the medical equipment industry in India-on production, procurement and utilization related activities of key players in the sector, in light of the current policies of liberalization and growth of a "health-care industry" in India. Policy approaches to medical equipment have been discussed elsewhere.
authors.affiliation: UGC Research Fellow, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Indira
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chakravarthi
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D002201:Capital Expenditures; D003132:Commerce; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D019719:Diagnostic Equipment; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007221:Industry; D011357:Product Line Management; D018581:Technology Transfer