Scope | Definition or use |
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Definition encompasses all elements across the spectrum of healthcare delivery and management | “Drugs, diagnostic tests, including indicators and reagents, devices, equipment and supplies, medical and surgical procedures, support systems, and organizational and managerial systems used across the spectrum of health care” [85] |
Definition based on a selection of elements from the extensive list above | “Drugs, devices, procedures and screening” [87], “drugs, devices and procedures” [12, 90], “devices, diagnostics and digital technologies” [89], “Pharmaceuticals, devices, diagnostic tests and interventional procedures” [88], “drugs, diagnostic and procedural interventions” [42] |
No definition, but wording suggests that health technologies are separate from other elements | “Health care practices, procedures, technologies and pharmaceuticals” [49, 91, 93], “health technology, drug or intervention” [51], “Technologies, services and interventions” [53] |
No definition, but wording suggests that health technologies are products and devices | “Purchasing health technologies” [94,95,96], “sunk costs and capital infrastructure” [50], “manufacturers” [23, 38, 94, 96], “technology lifecycle” [23, 38, 50], “after a technology has been licensed” [23, 96] |