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Medical Technology Transfer in Major Chinese Medical Schools

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Teh-wei Hu  and
Ying-ying Meng
Teh-wei Hu
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health
Ying-ying Meng
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health
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Abstract

This paper examines how the decision-making process and its consequences affect medical technology transfer in major Chinese medical schools. Data are from a 1987 survey of 13 key medical universities, directly supervised by the Ministry of Public Health in the People's Republic of China. This paper limits itself to four types of laboratory equipment — electron microscopes, UV/VIS spectrophotometers, high-performance liquid chromatographs, and polygraphs. Decisions on the transfer of medical technology have been more decentralized in China since the economic reform in 1978. The major reason for schools to import these four types of equipment is their dissatisfaction with the quality of domestic products. Chinese medical schools depend heavily on the information provided at medical equipment exhibits and their neighboring schools. Their decisions to acquire the equipment are based more on the quality and service available than on the prices. Chinese medical schools face serious infrastructure problems in acquiring and maintaining these pieces of equipment. A number of suggestions are made for improving the efficiency of medical technology transfer in China.

Type
General Essays
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , Fall 1991 , pp. 553 - 560
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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