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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299363103321

Autore

Bosshard Karin

Titolo

Law and Economics of Personalized Medicine : Institutional Levers to Foster the Translation of Personalized Medicine / / by Karin Bosshard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer Gabler, , 2018

ISBN

3-658-22074-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXXVI, 411 p. 41 illus., 7 illus. in color.)

Collana

Gesundheitsmanagement und Gesundheitsökonomik, , 2523-7667

Disciplina

615.7

Soggetti

Law and economics

Evolutionary economics

Health economics

Law and Economics

Institutional/Evolutionary Economics

Health Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Overview of terminologies used in the context of personalized medicine -- Description of personalized medicine’s impact on the healthcare landscape -- Identification and analysis of the institutional barriers to the translation of personalized medicine into clinical practice -- Analysis of institutional barriers to the translation of personalized medicine in Switzerland -- Identification and evaluation of institutional levers to foster the translation of personalized medicine into Swiss clinical practice.

Sommario/riassunto

The book adds to the discussion about strategic approaches towards the translation of personalized medicine into clinical practice. It stresses the importance of non-science related, institutional barriers. A Law and Economics perspective is applied in order to examine the incentives induced by the barriers. An applied part identifies and evaluates policy levers to foster the translation of personalized medicine into Swiss clinical practice. The content • Overview of terminologies used in the context of personalized medicine • Description of personalized medicine’s impact on the healthcare



landscape • Identification and analysis of the institutional barriers to the translation of personalized medicine into clinical practice • Analysis of institutional barriers to the translation of personalized medicine in Switzerland • Identification and evaluation of institutional levers to foster the translation of personalized medicine into Swiss clinical practice Target groups • Social scientists with limited knowledge of personalized medicine, Law and Economics scholars, health economists • Practitioners in pharmaceutical, diagnostics and health insurance companies, healthcare policy makers and Swiss lawyers The author Dr. Karin Bosshard wrote this book during her time with a globally leading management consultancy where she was working as a strategy consultant. The author is currently working at an international pharmaceutical and diagnostics company and is a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen.