Applied game theory for the hospital manager: Three case studies

Health Care Manager

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 156-161

  Dowd, Steven B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Game theory; Modeling; Prediction; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GAME; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; GAME THEORY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES;

EID: 3142658596     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: 1550512X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126450-200404000-00009     Document Type: Article

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