Overview

Technology change in health care has lead to huge improvements in health services and the health status of populations. It is also pinpointed as the main driver of health care expenditures, which in turn explains that insurance mechanisms play an increasing role in affecting the extent of technical innovation. Besides remarkable benefits, technology changes are not free and often entail significant risks both financial as well as physical or social which need to be balanced out in the setting of government regulations, insurance contracts and individuals’ decisions to use and consume certain technologies. This book will tackle these issues with the specific objectives of: identifying what technological change is about; identifying drivers of innovation in several health care areas; identifying existing mechanisms and processes for ensuring efficiency and development in the use of medical technologies; and identifying the net impact of advances in medical technology.

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Author:   Joan Costa-Font (London School of Economics London School of Economics, UK) ,  Christophe Courbage
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9780415667647

ISBN 10:   041566764
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 June 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Innovation, diffusion and technology change: an overview 1. Technological Innovation in Health Care (Alistair McGuire, LSE) 2. The process of Innovation: Incentives, Behavior and Organization (Stan Metcalfe, Manchester University) Part II: Innovation, adoption and diffusion in health technology 3. Diffusion of health technologies in the pharmaceutical sector (Victoria Serra-Sastre and Alistair McGuire, LSE) 4. Technology change in hospital and primary care (Nick Bosanquet, Imperial College) 5. Medical Technology Adoption under Uncertainty with Learning (Joshua Graff Zivin, Columbia University and NBER) Part III: Mechanism and process ensuring efficient development of medical technology 6. Intellectual property rights and pharmaceuticals development (Joan Rovira, University of Barcelona) 7. Demand for Health information on the internet (Joan Costa Font, Caroline Rudisill and Elias Mossialos, LSE) 8. Human cloning: limitations to diffusion (Joan Costa-Font, Christophe Courbage and Elias Mossialos, LSE and Geneva Association) Part IV: Technological change and health insurance 9. Medical innovation - A challenge to insurance (Peter Zweifel, University of Zurich) 10. Genetic advances and health insurance (Michael Hoy, University of Guelph) 11. Insurance Coverage and the Demand for New Drugs: Evidence from the United States (Marin Gemmill, Victoria Serra and Joan Costa-Font, LSE)

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