Explaining Diffusion Patterns for Complex Health Care Innovations

Jean‐Louis Denis; Yann Hébert; Ann Langley; Daniel Lozeau; Louise‐Hélène Trottier

doi:10.1097/00004010-200207000-00007

Abstract

Why are some less solidly supported health care innovations widely adopted while others with apparently stronger scientific support remain underused? Drawing on four case studies, the authors argue that the way in which the distribution of benefits and risks map onto the interests, values, and power distribution of the adopting system is critical to understanding how innovations diffuse.

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Distribution (mathematics)Health carePower (physics)DiffusionBusinessPublic relationsPsychologyPublic economicsSociologyPolitical scienceEconomicsEconomic growth

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Year: 2002
Type: article
Volume: 27
Issue: 3
Pages: 60-73
Citations: 390
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                                    Jean‐Louis Denis, 
                                
                                    Yann Hébert, 
                                
                                    Ann Langley
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2002). 
                            Explaining Diffusion Patterns for Complex Health Care Innovations. 
                            Health Care Management Review
                            , 27
                            (3)
                            , 60-73.
                            https://doi.org/10.1097/00004010-200207000-00007
                        

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DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200207000-00007