The economics of medical technology

Medical technology broadly defined to include all aspects of the process of treating disease (e.g., pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and surgical procedures) is profoundly important for individual health and, consequently, also for general welfare. Advances in medical technology convey the prospect...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bolin, Kristian, Kaestner, Robert
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2012.
Σειρά:Advances in health economics and health services research ; v. 23.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Overview / Kristian Bolin, Robert Kaestner
  • Aspects of research and development contract terms in the bio/pharmaceutical sector / Tannista Banerjee
  • Effects of regulation on drug launch and pricing in interdependent markets / Patricia M. Danzon, Andrew J. Epstein
  • The effect of pharmaceutical innovation on the functional limitations of elderly Americans : evidence from the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey / Frank R. Lichtenberg
  • Comparative effectiveness research, technological abandonment, and health care spending / David H. Howard, Yu-Chu Shen
  • How do initial signals of quality influence the diffusion of new medical products? : the case of new cancer drug treatments / Rena M. Conti, Arielle Bernstein, David O. Meltzer
  • Technology diffusion and substitution of medical innovations / Victoria Serra-Sastre, Alistair McGuire
  • Health insurance and hospital technology adoption / Seth Freedman.