Data in Brief (Jun 2020)
Data on medical technology: A new set of variables
Abstract
This article provides and describes a database containing three different variables for medical technology. To capture the various dimensions of medical technology, the set of variables covers not only drugs and devices but also general advances in medical knowledge. Information was extracted and processed from the Drug Canada Product Database, and the National Institute of Health. Variables are extracted from 1997 to 2017 and they represent global proxies. The provided data is relevant for healthcare research in various fields of study.
