The sharing economy provides consumers with temporary access to various products. As a growing business trend that continuously attracts new consumers, it motivates businesses to rapidly develop new system designs. In this study, we investigate how the system design choices of sharing systems for products affect consumers’ perceptions of the system and consequently their intention to use a system. Building on institutional logics, we examine how the logics inherent in two system designs—the community logic in peer-to-peer (P2P) systems and the corporate logic in business-to-consumer (B2C) systems—affect consumer perceptions. We argue that consumers perceive P2P and B2C logics differently regarding logics’ economic benefits, product scarcity, sustainability benefits, and social benefits. To test our theory, we conducted a scenario experiment with 1259 participants from the UK. Our findings suggest that consumers perceive P2P systems as yielding higher economic, sustainability, and social benefits than B2C systems, and that these benefits increase consumers’ intention to use the system. However, we also find that P2P systems suffer from the risk of product scarcity, reducing consumers’ intention to use such systems. In summary, our findings show that system design affects consumers’ perceptions and that different designs attract consumer groups with different preferences.
Background: Low energy falls (LEF) in older adults constitute a relevant cause for emergency department (ED) visits, hospital admission and in-hospital mortality. Patient-reported outcome measures containing information about patients’ medical, mental and social health problems might support disposition and therapy decisions. We investigated the value of a tablet-based (self-)assessment in predicting hospital admission and in-hospital mortality. Methods: Patients 65 years or older, consecutively presenting with LEF to our level I trauma center ED (from November 2020 to March 2021), were eligible for inclusion in this prospective observational study. The primary endpoint was hospital admission; secondary endpoints were in-hospital mortality and the use of the tablet for self-reported assessment. Multivariate logistic regression models were calculated to measure the association between clinical findings and endpoints. Results: Of 618 eligible patients, 201 patients were included. The median age was 82 years (62.7% women). The hospital admission rate was 45.3% (110/201), with an in-hospital mortality rate of 3.6% (4/110). Polypharmacy (odds ratio (OR): 8.48; 95% confidence interval (95%CI) 1.21–59.37, p = 0.03), lower emergency severity index (ESI) scores (OR: 0.33; 95%CI 0.17–0.64, p = 0.001) and increasing injury severity score (ISS) (OR: 1.54; 95%CI 1.32–1.79, p < 0.001) were associated with hospital admission. The Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) was significantly associated with in-hospital mortality (OR: 2.60; 95%CI: 1.17–5.81, p = 0.03). Increasing age (OR: 0.94; 95%CI: 0.89–0.99, p = 0.03) and frailty (OR: 0.71; 95%CI: 0.51–0.99, p = 0.04) were associated with the incapability of tablet use. Conclusions: The severity of fall-related injuries and the clinical acuity are easily accessible, relevant predictors for hospital admission. Tablet-based (self-)assessment may be feasible and acceptable during ED visits and might help facilitate comprehensive geriatric assessments during ED stay.
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