We investigated the role of public funding in cardiovascular device innovation across 31 countries in Europe. We rely on the knowledge production function (KPF) framework that establishes the knowledge output of a region as a function of innovatory effort and other characteristics of that...

The general consensus among health economists is that the increasing capability of medical providers-often called medical "technology"-is responsible for the majority of growth in medical expenditure. And yet, the principle means of understanding medical technology is through the use of total...

Using data on all bariatric surgeries performed in the state of Pennsylvania from 1995 through 2007, this paper uses logistic and OLS regressions to measure the effect of star physicians and star hospitals on the diffusion of an innovation in bariatric surgery called laparoscopic gastric bypass...