A socially interdependent choice framework for social influences in healthcare decision-making: a study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Current choice models in healthcare (and beyond) can provide suboptimal predictions of healthcare users' decisions. One reason for such inaccuracy is that standard microeconomic theory assumes that decisions of healthcare users are made in a social vacuum. Healthcare choices, however, can in fact be (entirely) socially determined. To achieve more accurate choice predictions within healthcare and therefore better policy decisions, the social influences that affect healthcare user decision-making need to be identified and explicitly integrated into choice models. The purpose of this study is to develop a socially interdependent choice framework of healthcare user decision-making.

Design

A mixed-methods approach will be used. A systematic literature review will be co

SUBMITTER: Nouwens SPH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10928740 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature