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Social influence and neighbourhood effects in the health care market

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Montefiori, Marcello
Resta, Marina

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This work is intended to analyze the market for health care through a computational approach based on unsupervised neural networks. The paper provides a theoretical framework for a computational model that relies on Kohonen's self organizing maps (SOM), arranged into two layers: in the upper layer the competition dynamics of health care providers is modelled, whereas in the lower level patients behaviour is monitored. Interactions take place both vertically between the layers (in a bi–directional way), and horizontally, inside each level, exploiting neighbourhood features of SOM: signals move vertically from hospitals to patients and vice-versa, but they also spread out sideward, from patient to patient, and from hospital to hospital. The result is a new approach addressing the issue of hospital behaviour and demand mechanism modelling, which conjugates a robust theoretical implementation together with an instrument of deep graphical impact.

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Paper provided by Department of Public Policy and Public Choice - POLIS in its series P.O.L.I.S. department's Working Papers with number 98.

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Keywords: self organizing maps; health market; adaptive behaviour; incomplete information; mixed market;

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I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
C60 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods and Programming - - - General

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