Reputation, public information, and physician adoption of an innovation

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-110

  Smythe, J G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adoption; Innovation; Physicians; Public information; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036964754     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-002-0099-4     Document Type: Article

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