The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care
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The literature on innovation in hospitals is relatively extensive and varied. The purpose of this article is to conduct a critical survey, and in particular to highlight the functional and occupational bias that characterises it, whereby the sole object of innovation is medical care, and that innovation is essentially the work of doctors. ⋯ In the latter approach, hospitals are regarded as combinative providers of diverse and dynamic services, able to go beyond their own institutional boundaries by becoming part of larger networks of healthcare provision, which are themselves diverse and dynamic. This approach makes it possible to extend the model of hospital innovation to incorporate new forms of innovation and new actors in the innovation process, in accordance with the Schumpeterian tradition of openness.
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A 'health benefit basket' is a range of publicly entitled health-related goods and services. Primary legislation ensures the provision of broad categories of health care, but this provision is subject to political discretion. ⋯ Regulation may, however, be important in determining citizens' rights. With reference to 'services of curative care', this paper explores whether the NHS is moving towards a more explicit definition of a health basket.