Sustainability of healthcare information exchanges: A game-theoretic approach

Information Systems Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 240-258

  Demirezen, Emre M ^a   Kumar, Subodha ^b   Sen, Arun ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Game theory; Healthcare management; HIE networks; Network externalities

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GAME-THEORETIC; HEALTH-CARE MANAGEMENTS; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; NETWORK EXTERNALITY; POLICY MAKERS; VALUE ADDED SERVICE;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 84976863892     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2016.0626     Document Type: Article

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