The Information Base for Diffusion of Technology: Computed Tomography Scanning

Abstract

Expensive technologic innovation is a major contributor to the rapidly increasing cost of health and medical care. Although the economic, professional and social implications of such innovation may be profound, it is sometimes difficult to identify the specific determinants of the rate of diffusion of technologic innovation.There is a sizable literature on the subject of diffusion that Greer has recently summarized.¹ The studies cited deal with the subject from the point of view of social theory and as a function of organizational and political behavior. They describe the influences of various types of individual social behaviors upon sociologic models. . . .