Technological adoption in health care - The role of payment systems

Currently, the Brazilian Health Care System reimbursement for cataract surgery by PHACO with foldable IOL implantation is US$ 294.95 per procedure and by ECCE with PMMA IOL

The hospital expenses with this apparatus are posteriorly reimbursed by Brazilian public health care system - Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). This reimbursement is due to speciic

Key-words: Innovation in Information Systems and Technology, Pre-adoption of Innovations, Complexity Theory, Simulation, Agent-Based Modelling, Computational

Our findings on the variables used as overall classifications of health care systems into public integrated, public contract and reimbursement system are consistent with

Having larger patient benefits favors more adoption under the cost reimbursement payment system, provided that adoption occurs initially under both payment systems.. Keywords:

Cost Reimbursement Contracts mean that the client agrees to reimburse the contractor in full. As a conse- quence, there is no immediate incentive for the contractor to keep the

- Adoption of technological innovations in the field of health: a study on information systems in the perspective of the theory of diffusion by Gilberto Perez, Moisés Ari

he HTAi 2011 Annual Meeting in Rio will focus on the sustainability of health- care systems and the role of health technology assessment (HTA) in supporting this.. Demands