This paper discusses the relationship between medical innovations and ageing from a health economics perspective and surveys empirical evidence on medical R&D incentives, R&D costs of pharmaceuticals, and the cost-effectiveness of health innovations. Particular focus is on the endogeneity of...

Inefficiency in the U.S. health care system has often been characterized as quot;flat of the curvequot; spending providing little or no incremental value. In this paper, we draw on macroeconomic models of diffusion and productivity to better explain the empirical patterns of outcome improvements...

Inefficiency in the U.S. health care system has often been characterized as "flat of the curve" spending providing little or no incremental value. In this paper, we draw on macroeconomic models of diffusion and productivity to better explain the empirical patterns of outcome improvements in...

Fehlende Medikamente zur Bekämpfung armutsassoziierter Krankheiten sind ein globales Gesundheitsproblem.Katrin Gerlinger stellt in diesem Band Initiativen öffentlicher, gemeinnütziger und privater Akteure zur Stärkung der Produktentwicklung vor und nennt politische Optionen zur Förderung...