Naslov
E-health as a tool for narrowing information asymmetry in health care

Autori
Cerović, Ljerka ; Dukić, Nikolina

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Knowledge and Business Challenges of Globalisation in 2011 / Merkač, Skok M. - Celje : Faculty of Commercial and Business Sciences Celje, 2011, 517-521

ISBN
978-961-6825-41-2

Skup
3rd International Scientific Conference “Knowledge and Business Challenges of Globalisation in 2011”

Mjesto i datum
Celje, Slovenija, 17.11.2011. - 18.11.2011

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
E-health; information technologies; uncertainty; information asymmetry; agency costs

Sažetak
Unlike the guidelines of the neoclassical economic theory that assumes perfect information on both sides of the market and perfect certainty in the outcomes of market activities, healthcare markets are characterized, among other, by uncertainty associated with determining the appropriate level of medical care and information and knowledge asymmetry. Physicians are at the advantage in relation to their patients, because of superior information on the patients’ medical condition and knowledge of most helpful treatments. In addition, the extent of the information and knowledge asymmetry, along with agency costs of acquiring relevant information, is likely to increase as the complexity of patient’s medical condition increases. One of the significant benefits of implementing information technologies in healthcare is addressing the issue of information and knowledge asymmetry. Throughout many developed national health services, extensive e-health infrastructures and systems are now viewed as central to the future provision of safe, efficient, high-quality and citizen-centered health care by making the knowledge bases of medicine and personal electronic records accessible to consumers over the Internet.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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