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3661. Admission Pricing In Public Emergency Departments: Theory And Evidences From A Natural Experiment
Invited abstract in session MD-15: Healthcare services, stream OR in Health Services (ORAHS).
Monday, 14:30-16:00Room: 18 (building: 116)
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Man Yu
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| 2. | Ji Chen
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| Dongbei University of Finance and Economics | |
| 3. | Tian Li
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| East China University of Science and Technology |
Abstract
We study the pricing decisions of a medical service provider who operates both an emergency department and a non-emergency department with different priority schemes and admission fees. Each patient independently makes her attendance decision according to the urgency level of her medical condition, the admission fees, and expected waiting time at the two departments. We characterize patients' equilibrium attendances to the two departments. Effects of adjusting the admission fees on patient attendances are examined both in an analytical model and with empirical data from public hospitals in Hong Kong.
Keywords
- Service Operations
Status: accepted
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