1. Introduction: Contemporary Strategy and Approaches in Healthcare Policy, Innovation and Digitalization -- 2. Prioritization in health care: The influence of frames on accepting prioritization criterial -- 3. Using pharmacoepidemiologic studies to inform drug policy and spending: a health...

Part I. Value Creation and Managing Intellectual Property in the Life Science Industry -- Chapter 1. Value Creation, Valuation and Business Models in the Pharmaceutical Sector -- Chapter 2. Alternative Licensing Strategies: A Piecewise Deterministic Differential Game -- Chapter 3. Partnership...

Introduction Research on clinical practice guidelines as a determinant of the diffusion of medical technology remains sparse. We aim to evaluate the impact of guidelines on the awareness of medical technology, as a proxy of its use, with the example of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in...

Background: Lifestyle change interventions (LCI) for prevention of type 2 diabetes are covered by Medicare, but rarely by US Medicaid programs that constitute the largest public payer system in the USA. We estimate the long-term health and economic implications of implementing LCIs in state...

Background: A trade-off exists between affordability of pharmaceutical products today and incentives for firms to provide new and better drugs in the future; an activity that prior studies suggest correlates with profitability, which in turn depends on price regulation. Objective In this paper we...

Background: Reimbursement systems that contribute to the cooperation and integration of providers have become increasingly important within the healthcare sector. Reimbursement systems not only serve as payment mechanisms but also provide control and incentive functions. Thus, the design of...