The decision determinants of physician’s innovation adoption - a empirical study of coronary stent diffusion in Taiwan

• Main Author: 孫玉齡
• Other Authors: 許牧彥
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4wj8nz

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 科技管理研究所 === 100 === The purpose of this research is to investigate the decision determinants of physician’s innovation adoption of multi-generations products. Based on the National Health Insurance database, this study focuses on analyzing the physician’s adoption time on coronary stent to verify the hypothetical determinants from hospital - physician - patient levels. The empirical results show that the academic level is not associated with physician’s innovation adoption time. Physician in private hospital is likely to adopt the second generation product earlier. In addition, physician’s personal characteristics- age, work experience and gender also have significant impacts upon physician’s adoption time. Elder physician will be early adopters of innovation products, and senior or female physician will be the late adopters of first-generation products. As to the influence of patients, if the physician’s patients are more willing to pay, the physician will adopt product earlier. Besides, the two generations have positive correlation, the earlier adopter in first-generation products will also adopt second-generation product earlier.