Series
Pulmonary and airways
Status
Published
Date
Number of report
095
Mechanical ventilation
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The report presents a summary of reimbursement situation for mechanical ventilation in European countries.
The following clinical indications will be considered:
- Acute community-acquired viral pneumonia complicated with acute respiratory failure;
- Severe sepsis due to acute community-acquired viral pneumonia with multiorgan failure (cardiac, respiratory and renal);
- Acute hemorrhagic stroke with the development of coma.
The only reimbursement within public / statutory health insurance systems is considered.
Report includes essential information about reimbursement and national funding, including:
- Brief overview of reimbursement system for medical devices
- Procedure coding for technology
- Diagnosis coding
- Payment mechanism for technology
- Reimbursement tariffs for technology
- Restrictions in indications or scenarios for use of technology
- Policy considerations by payers and policy-makers about technology
Reimbursement information is provided for the following geographies:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- England (UK)
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Hungary
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Romania
- Russia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
Manufacturers of devices for mechanical ventilation include:
- Air Liquide (Monnal, CPX Care, eXtend, Orion)
- Airon Mindray (E and SV Series)
- Allied Healthcare (EPV200)
- Breas Medical (Vivo)
- Dräger (Savina, Evita, Oxylog)
- Fisher & Paykel (F&P 850)
- FLU (FEILON) (VG70 Invasive Ventilator)
- GE Healthcare (CARESCAPE R860)
- Getinge (Servo-u, Servo-air, Servo-I, Servo-s)
- Hamilton Medical (HAMILTON-C1, HAMILTON-S1, HAMILTON-G5, HAMILTON-C3)
- Medtronic (Puritan Bennett, Newport)
- Philips Healthcare (Respironics BiPAP V30 Auto, Respironics V60, Respironics Trilogy 202, Respironics NM3, Respironics Respi-Link, Trilogy EV300)
- ResMed (Astral, Stellar, Lumis)
- Smiths Medical (PNEUPAC, PORTEX)
- Schiller (GRAPHNET, GRAPHNET ADVANCE, AQUILON)
- Teleflex (ConchaSmart, ISO-Gard, Comfort Flo)
- Vyaire Medical (Avea CVS, BELLAVISTA)
- WEINMANN (MEDUMAT)
- Zoll Medical (Z Vent)
Table of content is not available at the moment. Report is still ongoing.
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