Howard Jason J
Division of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, Sidra Medical and Research Center, Doha, Qatar.
Med Devices (Auckl). 2014 Nov 20;7:385-95. doi: 10.2147/MDER.S73079. eCollection 2014.
With some of the richest economies in the world, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is undergoing rapid growth not only in its population but also in health care expenditure. Despite the GCC's abundance of hydrocarbon-based wealth, the drivers of the medical device industry in the GCC are still in flux, with gains yet to be made in areas of infrastructure, regulation, and reimbursement. However, the regional disease burden, expanding health insurance penetration, increasing privatization, and a desire to attract skilled expatriate health care providers have led to favorable conditions for the medical device market in the GCC. The purpose of this article is to investigate the current state of the GCC medical device industry, with respect to market, regulation, and reimbursement, paying special attention to the three largest medical device markets: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. The GCC would seem to represent fertile ground for the development of medical technologies, especially those in line with the regional health priorities of the respective member states.
海湾合作委员会（GCC）拥有世界上一些最富裕的经济体，其人口不仅在快速增长，医疗保健支出也在迅速增加。尽管海湾合作委员会拥有丰富的碳氢化合物财富，但该地区医疗器械行业的驱动因素仍在不断变化，在基础设施、监管和报销等领域仍有待取得进展。然而，该地区的疾病负担、不断扩大的医疗保险覆盖面、日益增加的私有化以及吸引熟练外籍医疗保健提供者的愿望，为海湾合作委员会的医疗器械市场创造了有利条件。本文的目的是调查海湾合作委员会医疗器械行业在市场、监管和报销方面的现状，特别关注三个最大的医疗器械市场：沙特阿拉伯、阿拉伯联合酋长国和卡塔尔。海湾合作委员会似乎为医疗技术的发展提供了肥沃的土壤，尤其是那些符合各成员国地区卫生重点的技术。
