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Postmarket Surveillance of Medical Devices: A Comparison of Strategies in the US, EU, Japan, and China

2013; Public Library of Science; Volume: 10; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1371/journal.pmed.1001519

ISSN

1549-1676

Autores

Daniel B. Kramer, Yongtian Tina Tan, Chiaki Sato, Aaron S. Kesselheim,

Tópico(s)

Healthcare cost, quality, practices

Resumo

We evaluated strategies for postmarket surveillance of medical devices in the United States, European Union, Japan, and China.N Each system shares several common elements, including primary reliance on passive adverse event collection for marketed devices, but vary widely in their allocation of stakeholder responsibilities and mechanisms for evaluating the performance and safety of approved devices.N Postmarket surveillance may be improved through greater system transparen- cy, scheduled re-examination of approved devices, and balancing central and local control.

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