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Total cost of ownership (TCO) is an approach to costing that considers all costs associated with acquiring and using a technology across its lifecycle, rather than the headline purchase or unit price alone. For medical devices this can include consumables, servicing and maintenance, training, downtime, disposal, and the wider costs or savings the technology creates elsewhere in the pathway. TCO is central to value-based procurement and to persuasive business cases, because a device with a higher purchase price may deliver a lower total cost, or greater overall value, once downstream effects are accounted for. Presenting a clear, credible TCO analysis helps counter procurement decisions made narrowly on unit price.

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