Health care research: old wine in new bottles.

SERIE RESEARCH mEmORMIDn THE URBAN INCUBATOR HYPOTHESIS: OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES?

Selective primary health care: old wine in new bottles.

Developing countries are increasingly using economic evaluation methods to assess and plan their health services. Inappropriate application of these methods may lead to serious errors in developing primary health care strategies. In ‘Selective Primary Health Care’, Julia Walsh and Kenneth Warren present a logical approach to health planning based on cost-effectiveness techniques. Their paper is...

Business Models for E-commerce: Old Wine in New Bottles?

While e-commerce is sprouting radical changes in intra-organizational structures and inter-organizational relationships, the underlying principles turn out to be less than novel. Rather, they reflect a revival of traditional values that prevailed well before the advent of mass production. From a customer's perspective, most “new” business models in the Information Age are indeed old wine in new...

New Wine in Old Bottles: A Comment on Richard Hasenâ•Žs and Richard Briffaultâ•Žs Essays on Bush v. Gore

Comparative effectiveness research under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: can new bottles accommodate old wine?

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, initiated comprehensive health reform for the healthcare sector of the United States. PPACA includes strategies to make the American healthcare sector more efficient and effective. PPACA's comparative effectiveness research initiative and the establishment of the Patie...