Health care innovation from a territorial perspective: a call for a new approach

Authors

  • Laís Silveira Costa Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouc; Grupo de Pesquisa de Inovação em Saúde
  • Carlos Augusto Grabois Gadelha Ministério da Saúde; Secretaria de Ciência, Tecnologia e Insumos Estratégicos
  • José Maldonado Ministério da Saúde; Secretaria de Ciência, Tecnologia e Insumos Estratégicos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102012005000066

Keywords:

National Science, Technological Development, Economic Development, Delivery of Health Care, economics, Regional Development

Abstract

Innovation plays an increasingly important role in health care, partly because it is responsible for a significant share of national investment in research and development, and partly because of its industrial and service provision base, which provides a conduit to future technology. The relationship between health care and development is also strengthened as a result of the leading role of health care in generating innovation. Nevertheless, Brazil's health care production base is persistently weak, hindering both universal provision of health care services and international competitiveness. This article, based on the theoretical framework of Political Economy and innovation systems, has sought to identify variables in subnational contexts that influence the dynamic of innovation generation in health care. To this end, the theoretical approach used lies on the assumption that innovation is a contextualized social process and that the production base in healthcare will remain weak if new variables involved in the dynamic of innovation are not taken into account.

Published

2012-12-01

Issue

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Costa, L. S., Gadelha, C. A. G., & Maldonado, J. (2012). Health care innovation from a territorial perspective: a call for a new approach . Revista De Saúde Pública, 46(n. spe), 59-67. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102012005000066