Why not better and cheaper? healthcare and innovation / James B. Rebitzer and Robert S. Rebitzer.
| Author/creator | Rebitzer, James B. |
| Other author | Rebitzer, Robert S. |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023] |
| Description | 183 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction and overview -- Economically valuable innovation -- Missing innovations -- Shared savings -- Beyond financial incentives -- Competition, innovation, and disruption -- Dilemmas and opportunities. |
| Abstract | "Why doesn't healthcare get better and cheaper? The evolution of the cell phones that we carry in our pockets demonstrates that quality can increase while prices fall. Why not in healthcare? Our answer is that the health sector generates the wrong kinds of innovation. It is too easy to profit from low-value innovations and too difficult to profit from innovations that reduce care costs. The result is a healthcare economy that is profusely innovative yet remarkably ineffective in discovering and implementing new technologies and business models that deliver increased value at lower cost. The consequences of this failure to innovate accumulate over time and makes society poorer and less healthy than it ought to be. The root causes of this innovation problem are the incentives, social norms, and competitive environment prevailing in the health sector. We can point innovation in a better direction by improving incentives, mobilizing professional norms and narratives, and altering the regulatory and competitive environment. Our analysis and proposals are of interest to clinicians, educators, managers, and policymakers"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-178) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023000204 |
| ISBN | 9780197603109 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (online) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |