Social interaction (peer) effects are recognized as a potentially important factor in the
diffusion of new products. In the case of environmentally friendly goods or technologies, both …

The Economics of Health and Health Care is the market-leading health economics textbook,
providing comprehensive coverage of all the key topics, and balancing economic theory …

We consider firms in the context of their business ecosystems and explore how differences
in the ways in which firms are organized with respect to complementary activities affect their …

The contribution of new technology to economic growth can only be realized when and if the
new technology is widely diffused and used. Diffusion itself results from a series of individual …

Healthcare information technologies (HIT) can address several challenges faced by
healthcare systems. To benefit from the advantages HIT offer, users must first accept them …

The contribution made by innovation and new technologies to economic growth and welfare
is largely determined by the rate and manner by which innovations diffuse throughout the …

This paper investigates the effects of market-wide changes in health insurance by examining
the single largest change in health insurance coverage in American history: the introduction …

Studies of determinants of adoption of new medical technology have failed to coalesce into
coherent knowledge. A flaw obscuring strong patterns may be a common habit of treating a …

Health care spending has risen steadily in most countries, becoming a concern for decision-
makers worldwide. Commentators often point to new medical technology as the key driver …

The problems of medical care confront us daily: a bureaucracy that makes a trip to the doctor
worse than a trip to the dentist, doctors who can't practice medicine the way they choose …