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Evaluation frameworks for technology transfer projects: Lessons from Japan's global growth of medical technologies initiatives in low- and middle-income countries.

Yuta Yokobori, Ayumi Miyagi, Mari Nagai, Eiichi Shimizu, Tomoo Ito, Kazuki Miyazaki, Megumi Fujii, Tomoko Nishioka, Rei Haruyama, Yuriko Egami

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yuta YokoboriBureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Ayumi MiyagiBureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Mari NagaiBureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Eiichi ShimizuBureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Tomoo ItoBureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazuki MiyazakiBureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Megumi FujiiBureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Tomoko NishiokaBureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Rei HaruyamaBureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuriko EgamiBureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the evaluation framework for assessing the outcomes of projects following complex technology transfer processes is limited. Therefore, we conducted a study to develop and investigate the validity of performance indicators of the technology transfer process. The performance indicators, consisting of ten indicators each for "health technology" and "health products", were developed using the Delphi method and a relationship diagram was generated. To examine validity, correlations between indicators were analyzed using a questionnaire regarding the essential factors influencing health technology and product transfer. A mutual contributory relationship between indicators related to health technology and products may exist. One of the factors promoting technology transfer was projects lasting three or more years, although no significant correlation was detected between other public support utilization and performance indicators. However, the indicators do not fully cover the technology transfer process, such as the pathway to procurement of "health products." Future research is necessary to improve performance indicators through on-site investigations.

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health technologylow-and middle-income countriestechnology transferuniversal health coverage

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PMID40625779
PMCPMC12231348

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