Demand inducement as cheap talk

Health Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 721-733

  Calcott, Paul ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cheap talk; Health; Information; Supplier induced demand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BAYES THEOREM; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0033377175     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199912)8:8<721::AID-HEC486>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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