The Economics of New Health Technologies (Hardcover, 1)

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)