PUBLICATIONS - New from Clinica Reports - Global Trends in Reimbursement of Medical Technology
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Reimbursement mechanisms for medical technology are highly complex in most countries, with different systems applicable to private and public healthcare, to different product categories and even to different regions of the same country. Not only that, but the goal posts keep moving, as countries reform and restructure their healthcare provision. Often reimbursement is used politically as a means of price curbing and slowing access to the latest technology, which leads to frequent overhauls of the systems in an attempt at achieving the best value for money.