International Medical Technology Diffsion

Chris Papageorgiou (), Andreas Savvides and Marios Zachariadis ()

No 23, 2006 Meeting Papers from Society for Economic Dynamics

Abstract: Does medical technology originating in countries close to the technology frontier have a significant impact on health outcomes in countries distant from this frontier? This paper considers a framework where lagging countries may benefit from medical technology (a result of research and development by countries close to the frontier) that is embodied in medical imports or diffuses in the form of ideas. Using a novel dataset from a cross-section of 73 technology-importing countries, we show that medical technology diffusion is an important contributor to improved health status, as measured by life expectancy and mortality rates

Keywords: International Technology Diffusion; Health Status (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O30 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-hea and nep-ino
Date: 2006-12-03

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Working Paper: International Medical Technology Diffusion (2005)
Journal Article: International medical technology diffusion (2007)
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