Centralized assessment of medical devices in General Insurance Company of the Czech Republic

Czech version

Authors: E. Tyblová
Authors‘ workplace: Odbor kontroly a revize zdravotní péče, ředitelka MUDr. Zdeňka Salcman Kučerová, MBA ; Všeobecná zdravotní pojišťovna ČR, Praha
Published in: Reviz. posud. Lék., 19, 2016, č. 1, s. 10-16
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Overview

The paper explains the centralized approach of VZP (General Insurance Company of the Czech Republic) for the assessment of medical devices. Existing experience with this procedure is described and basic statistical data concerning selected and centrally assessed medical devices are presented. The centrally assessed devices include electric wheelchairs, special mechanic wheelchairs, myoelectric prostheses of upper extremities, prostheses of lower extremities with a bionic joint, electric and special invalid wheelchairs, positional convertible beds and medical devices absent in the List of VZP with allocated numbers including their concurrence. It provides information about the problems with the indication and actual assessment. The present situation in the market of medical devices is outlined.

Keywords:
centralization – assessed medical devices – statistical data – numbers of assessed applications – financial economics

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Article was published in

Medical Revision

2016 Issue 1