The specificities of the health sector innovation system

Eduardo Albuquerque and José Eduardo Cassiolato ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2002, vol. 22, issue 4, 701-719

Abstract: This paper discusses the biomedical innovation system. This sectoral system is an intersection between the innovation system and the welfare institutions. The innovative dynamics in the health sector has various distinctive characteristics, specially the importance of the universities and academic research for the biomedical innovations. The specificity of health care as an economic activity explains the role of institutions in this sector. Institutions and regulation shape the direction of technological progress, influencing the economic, industrial and social performance of the whole health sector. JEL Classification: I10, O30, H75.

Keywords: Health economics; innovation systems; social welfare systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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