A decision support system for improving doctors' prescribing behavior

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 7975-7984

  Lin, Chinho ^a   Lin, Chun Mei ^a,b   Lin, Binshan ^c   Yang, Ming Chin ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Bureau of National Health Insurance Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Health Care Organization Administration   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coordination game; Decision support system (DSS); Pre play communication; Prescribing behavior

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY;

COORDINATION GAME; CRITICAL FACTORS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; GAME EQUILIBRIUMS; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; PRE-PLAY COMMUNICATION; PRESCRIBING BEHAVIOR; QUALITY OF CARES; QUALITY REPORTS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 60549115421     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2008.10.066     Document Type: Article

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