Stuart O. Schweitzer and Marco R. Di Tommaso INTRODUCTION There is wide variation in technological development and innovative capabilities of industrialized countries. What explains these differences in the pace of innovation and dissemination of new scientific knowledge? What are the policy actions that might be undertaken if governments wanted to stimulate technological innovation? To what extent are these actions consistent with traditional health policy approaches? Can the health industry be used as a leading sector, stimulating other high-tech industries? In this chapter we suggest that answers to these complex questions can be suggested by seeing the health care sector from a new perspective. The health industry is one of the largest industries in any wealthy and industrialized economy, measured in terms of expenditures and employment. The industry’s size is not its only characteristic, however. Technologically the health industry is central to other high-tech or ʼnew’ industries....
The Health Industry Model: New Roles for the Health Industry
DI TOMMASO, Marco Rodolfo;SCHWEITZER, Stuart
2005
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Stuart O. Schweitzer and Marco R. Di Tommaso INTRODUCTION There is wide variation in technological development and innovative capabilities of industrialized countries. What explains these differences in the pace of innovation and dissemination of new scientific knowledge? What are the policy actions that might be undertaken if governments wanted to stimulate technological innovation? To what extent are these actions consistent with traditional health policy approaches? Can the health industry be used as a leading sector, stimulating other high-tech industries? In this chapter we suggest that answers to these complex questions can be suggested by seeing the health care sector from a new perspective. The health industry is one of the largest industries in any wealthy and industrialized economy, measured in terms of expenditures and employment. The industry’s size is not its only characteristic, however. Technologically the health industry is central to other high-tech or ʼnew’ industries....I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
