Modelo para evaluación de tecnología biomédica y su aplicación en la adquisición de equipos para un Hospital Público Colombiano

Abstract

This paper describes a model designed to evaluate biomedical technology in an acquisition process for a Colombian public hospitals but also could be applied in other health care institutions. The proposed model has demonstrated very good performance and robustness in a medium corrupted by bad practices in the acquisition of expensive biomedical technologies, which have represented important saving for the public institution. Are presented a contemporary review of models for biomedical technology acquisition and a detailed description of the designed model for a public Colombian hospital with the results of its application in the buying the endowment of its intensive care unit (ICU). The amount in saving for an ICU with thirteen beds rises to 16%, taking into account that in majority of cases, the prices paid by public institutions are the prices of quotations of sellers. © 2013 Springer.