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Methods for medical device and equipment procurement and prioritization within low- and middle-income countries: findings of a systematic literature review

BACKGROUND: Forty to 70 % of medical devices and equipment in low- and middle-income countries are broken, unused or unfit for purpose; this impairs service delivery to patients and results in lost resources. Undiscerning procurement processes are at the heart of this issue. We conducted a systemati...

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Autores principales: Diaconu, Karin, Chen, Yen-Fu, Cummins, Carole, Jimenez Moyao, Gabriela, Manaseki-Holland, Semira, Lilford, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5563028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28821280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-017-0280-2