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EBOOK Economics of New Health Technologies:Incentives, organization, and financing

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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191580239
EAN: 72A7BC4AEB
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Stron: 312
Data wydania: 2009
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Technological change in healthcare has led to huge improvements in health services        and the health status of populations. It is also pinpointed as the main driver of        healthcare expenditure. Although offering remarkable benefits, changes in technology        are not free and often entail significant financial, as well as physical or social        risks. These need to be balanced out in the setting of government regulations,        insurance contracts, and individuals' decisions to use and consume        certaintechnologies. With this in mind, this book addresses the following important        objectives: to provide a detailed analysis of what technological change is; to        identify drivers of innovation in several healthcare areas; to present existing        mechanisms and processes for ensuring and valuing efficiency anddevelopment in the        use of medical technologies; and to analyse the impact of advances in medical        technology on health, healthcare expenditure, and health insurance.Each of the        seventeen chapters summarizes an important issue concerning the innovation debate        and contributes to a better understanding of the role innovation has both at the        macro level and at the delivery (meso) and micro level in the healthcare sector. The        effectiveness of innovation in improving people's welfare depends on its diffusion        and inception by the relevant agents in the health production process, and this book        recognizes the multi-faceted contribution of policy makers, regulators,managers,        technicians, consumers and patients to this technology change.This book offers the        first truly global economic analysis of healthcare technologies, taking the subject        beyond simply economic evaluation, and exploring the behavioural aspects,        organization and incentives for new technology developments, and the adoption and        diffusion of these technologies.

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