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The interdependence between hospital choice and waiting time — with a case study in urban China

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  • van de Klundert, Joris
  • Cominetti, Roberto
  • Liu, Yun
  • Kong, Qingxia

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Hospital choice models often employ random utility theory and include waiting time as a choice determinant. When applied to evaluate health system improvement interventions, these models disregard that hospital choice in turn is a determinant of waiting time. We present a novel, general model capturing the endogeneous relationship between waiting time and hospital choice, including the choice to opt out, and characterize the unique equilibrium solution of the resulting convex problem. We apply the general model in a case study on the urban Chinese health system, specifying that patient choice follows a multinomial logit (MNL) model and waiting times are determined by M/M/1 queues. The results reveal that analyses which solely rely on MNL models overestimate the effectiveness of present policy interventions and that this effectiveness is limited. We explore alternative, more effective, improvement interventions.

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  • van de Klundert, Joris & Cominetti, Roberto & Liu, Yun & Kong, Qingxia, 2024. "The interdependence between hospital choice and waiting time — with a case study in urban China," Journal of choice modelling, Elsevier, vol. 52(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:eejocm:v:52:y:2024:i:c:s1755534524000411
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jocm.2024.100509
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