Das Gesundheitswesen aus Innovationssystemperspektive. Acht Thesen und Handlungsmöglichkeiten. Tl.2

The need for reform and the future viability of the German health care system have been at the centre of political and academic debates for many years. So far, innovation research has been rather irrelevant in this context. Nevertheless, it allows for a new view of the health care system since it investigates the obstacles and potentials of both technical-economic and organisational-social innovations. From this innovation systems perspective, the paper presents eight theses on the German health care system and discusses a variety of options for action in order to develop the system further