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Distributing and Transferring Medical Technology

A View from Latin America and the Caribbean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Jorge Peña-Mohr
Jorge Peña-Mohr
Affiliation:
Pan American Health Organization
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Abstract

Great variation exists in the health care delivery systems throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. In general, medical technology is concentrated in large cities at private hospitals that serve a small, elite segment of the population. What is missing in most of these countries is a clearly defined social policy guaranteeing distribution of medical technology to all segments of society. While data is scarce, it appears that political and economic concerns, rather than medical concerns, determine what and how much technology will be available to all segments of the society. Products are sometimes imported that compete with domestically produced ones. Moreover, transfers of technology often fail to include the necessary knowledge to make imported technology truly useful. However, current economic crises throughout the region are forcing changes in policies; as a result, there is a new emphasis on domestic production of technology over imports and the evaluation of medical technology for its appropriate use in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Type
Special Section: The Organization and Use of Technology in the Hospital Part I: Social, Economic, and Political Issues
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 281 - 291
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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