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  • So the rate of adoption of preventive innovations is relatively slower than for nonpreventive innovations.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

  • Preventive innovations, defined as new ideas that an individual adopts now in order to lower the probability of some unwanted future event, diffuse more slowly than incremental nonpreventive innovations.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003

  • So the rate of adoption of preventive innovations is relatively slower than for nonpreventive innovations.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003

  • Preventive innovations, defined as new ideas that an individual adopts now in order to lower the probability of some unwanted future event, diffuse more slowly than incremental nonpreventive innovations.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003

  • So the rate of adoption of preventive innovations is relatively slower than for nonpreventive innovations.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003

  • But for nonpreventive care, single employees must pay a $2,500 annual deductible - $5,000 for a family - if they use so-called "Tier 1" health providers, which have lower rates.

    Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news 2009

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