REPLY Cardiac defribillator adoption (SD7143)

[SDMAIL Jack Homer]

Posted by  "Jack Homer" <jhomer at comcast.net>

Kirandeep,

My doctoral thesis at MIT presents a general theory of the emergence (adoption,
modification, evolving use) of a new medical technology, including detailed
application to cardiac pacemakers and the antibiotic drug clindamycin, as well
as
policy analysis.

Homer JB (1983).  A dynamic model for analyzing the emergence of new medical
technologies.  PhD Thesis, MIT Sloan School of Management (649 pages).

Homer JB (1987).  A diffusion model with application to evolving medical
technologies.  Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 31(3): 197-218.

Finkelstein S, Homer J, Sondik E (1984).  Modeling the dynamics of
decision-making for emerging medical technologies.  R&D Management, 14(3):
175-191.

- Jack Homer
Posted by  "Jack Homer" <jhomer at comcast.net>
posting date  Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:55:44 -0400