Health care technology adoption and diffusion in a social context

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-54

  Coyte, Peter C ^a,b,c,d   Holmes, Dave ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d CIHR Strategic Research Training Program in Health Care Technology and Place   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adoption; Diffusion; Health care settings; Health care technology; Health policy; Social context

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ETHICAL THEORY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MASS COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ECONOMICS; ETHICAL THEORY; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FORECASTING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL VALUES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 34247611852     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154407299646     Document Type: Review

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