1. Ing. D. BRAVAR 22 MAY 2014 PLANNING OF CLINICAL ENGINEERING SERVICE IN SLOVENIA

2. Premessa:

3. Evaluation Based on GDP GDP in € is around 33,7 Mld€ then Total Health expenditure (8%) is 2,69 Mld€ then ANNUAL Medical Device expenditure (7,1%) is 191 Ml€ Slovenia citizens 2,05 Ml then Medical Device expenditure pro capite is 92€

4. Evaluation Based on GDP The ESTIMATED value of expenditure on new devices on ANNUAL Medical Device expenditure is around 25% Then the estimated annual value of expenditure for new devices is around 191 Ml€*25% is 47,8M€ The average service life of a medical equipment is around 11 years then the installed based is estimated in: 525Ml€ The average REPLACEMENT VALUE per device in europe is 7500€ Then the estimated number of devices in SLOVENIA is 70.000

5. Comparison with FVG - Italy Devices in Friuli Venezia Giulia aroud 52.000 Corresponding to 390Ml€ of Replacement Value FVG citizens 1,23Ml Slovenia citizens 2,06Ml Estimated devices in Slovenia aroud 85.000 Corresponding to 650Ml€ of Replacement Value Then

6. Conclusion For Slovenia Healthcare the estimated needs of professionals on clinical engineering to manage around 80.000 devices is: 1 technician per 1000 devices  80 technicians 1 engineer per 5 technicians  16 engineers + other 16 engineers for trainings and consultancy on new purchases