The analysis is based on a thorough review of academic and grey literature and available data sets, a Delphi survey of experts followed by semi-structured key informant interviews, and seven case studies of RFID applications across Europe and the US.

The initial objective was to provide a full cost-benefit analysis of RFID in healthcare. However, the lack of cost data and very limited monitoring of actual value generation - through efficiency gains in logistics and resource allocation, the restructuring of operational processes, as well as the reduction of errors, hospitalisation time, etc - in European hospitals meant that such an analysis was not possible. Instead, we assessed the individual cases where data was available and developed a framework for conducting this analysis in the future and to stimulate the effective monitoring and capturing of costbenefit data in care delivery settings.

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