Patients’ Preferences of Healthcare Facilities for Quality Healthcare Services in Akwa Ibom State: A Game Theory Approach
Patients’ Preferences of Healthcare Facilities for Quality Healthcare Services in Akwa Ibom State: A Game Theory Approach作者机构：University of Port Harcourt Port Harcourt Nigeria
出 版 物：《American Journal of Operations Research》 (美国运筹学期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2021年第11卷第3期
页 面：181-198页
学科分类：07[理学] 0701[理学-数学] 070101[理学-基础数学]
主 题：Health Care Facilities Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study Purposive Sampling Technique Questionnaires Rules of Dominance
摘 要：The purpose of this work is to apply Game theory approach to determine patients’ preferences of healthcare facilities for quality healthcare in Akwa Ibom State. Cross-sectional descriptive study and purposive sampling technique were adopted in order to collect the relevant data. Factors influencing patients’ preferences of health care facilities between public and private hospitals in Akwa Ibom State were assessed using a set of questionnaires which were distributed to 9976 patients in University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. A two-person zero sum game theory approach was applied. Perception of quality healthcare services received by respondent’s preferred facilities between public and private hospitals was examined. Also the reasons for patients’ persistence of their preferred facilities were evaluated using questionnaire. The optimal strategy and the value of the game were determined using the factors influencing patients’ preferences of healthcare facilities, and analysed with two-person-zero-sum game. Facility that gives their clients the best satisfaction wspan style=font-family:
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