Economic barriers to implementation of innovations in health care: Is the long run-short run efficiency discrepancy a paradox?

Health Policy

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 236-242

  Adang, Eddy M M ^a   Wensing, Michel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analyses; Implementation; Long run efficiency; Returns to scale; Short run efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; NETHERLANDS;

ALGORITHMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 56949103028     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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