Mechanical ventilation
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The report presents a summary of reimbursement situation for mechanical ventilation in European countries.
Sample pages are provided for an older version of the report. Before delivery to the client, the report is updated to the current state (e.g., 2022 coding, tariffs, and policy considerations).
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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