European Health Technology Institute for Socio-Economic Research (EHTI)
ROME, April 16, 2010 - Centralised purchasing of medical devices does not
reduce prices and medical devices are often undervalued as analyses focus
only on the short-term financial and economic perspectives.
The Impact of Financing Mechanisms on Patient Access to Innovation - EHTI Presents Research Findings
BRUSSELS and INNSBRUCK, Austria -
- Italian Data Highlights Importance of Non-Financial Drivers in Reimbursement Context
- German Research Finds Only 25 Percent of Medical Devices Accepted Under the "NUB" System are Integrated Into the G-DRG System Within Two Years
One of the questions the European Health Technology Institute for Socio-Economic Research (EHTI) hopes to answer is whether national financing systems affect the adoption rate of technological innovations in different countries in the EU.