Table 9.
Top three medical product and supply-related HPSR priority topics under each sub-theme
| No | Research topics | Score/100 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health technology assessment | |||
| 1. | Determine the cost-effectiveness of medical technologies and new health service delivery modalities | 91.7 | 1st |
| 2. | Explore the opportunities and capacity for vaccine, drug, and medical equipment development | 90 | 2nd |
| 3. | Explore innovative technologies’ availability, adaptation, management, functionality, interoperability and efficiency to provide quality health services | 88.3 | 3rd |
| Medical equipment management | |||
| 1. | Evaluate medical equipment utilization and management system (equipment selection, purchase, maintenance and disposal) | 90 | |
| Supply chain management | |||
| 1. | Explore the health regulatory systems and capacity to ensure the safety of health services, medicine (storage, dispensing, prescription, usage, reporting) and supplies | 90 | 1st |
| 2. | Explore the challenges on the supply chain (procurement to use) of medicines and medical supplies and innovative mechanisms to address them | 90 | 2nd |
| 3. | Investigate the quality and efficacy of medicines and medical supplies | 88.3 | 3rd |
| 4. | Explore the dynamics of drug resistance and approaches to mitigate its burden | 80 | 4th |
| 5. | Evaluate the availability and management of essential medical equipment, drugs, reagents and other health commodities | 80 | 5th |
| 6. | Evaluating vaccine efficacy, safety, cold chain and supply chain management | 80 | 6th |