Towards Appropriate Selection and Procurement of Medical Devices: A Proposed Model for Health Care Planners

Medical devices are considered to be crucial for the services offered in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of illness and disease. Every day more than 50,000 different kinds of medical devices are estimated to be used in health care facilities and elsewhere all over the world. The global medical device market is worth over US$ 150 billion and is expected to grow steadily by 4% to 5% annually over the next few years.