Published on in Vol 6, No 3 (2022): March

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/28877, first published .
Token Economy–Based Hospital Bed Allocation to Mitigate Information Asymmetry: Proof-of-Concept Study Through Simulation Implementation

Token Economy–Based Hospital Bed Allocation to Mitigate Information Asymmetry: Proof-of-Concept Study Through Simulation Implementation

Token Economy–Based Hospital Bed Allocation to Mitigate Information Asymmetry: Proof-of-Concept Study Through Simulation Implementation

Shusuke Hiragi   1, 2, 3 , MD, MBA, PhD ;   Jun Hatanaka   2 , MSci ;   Osamu Sugiyama   4 , PhD ;   Kenichi Saito   1 , MD ;   Masayuki Nambu   5 , PhD ;   Tomohiro Kuroda   1, 2 , PhD

1 Division of Medical Informatics and Administration Planning, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

2 Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

3 Division of Health Science, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Osaka, Japan

4 Department of Real World Data Research and Development, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

5 Preemptive Medicine & Lifestyle-Related Disease Research Center, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Corresponding Author:

  • Shusuke Hiragi, MD, MBA, PhD
  • Division of Health Science
  • Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute
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