2012
DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.854
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Information Assymetry and Double Standard in the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Abstract: ÚvodInformační asymetrie ve vztahu zdravotník-pacient, 1 ale i v jejich vztazích k dalším aktérům v oboru zdravotnictví, je významnou charakteristikou oblasti zdravotní péče s dopadem na fungování celého oboru. Zdravotník a pacient jsou zde základními subjekty -aktéry, jejichž střetávání je základem zdravotní péče. Jejich vztah je ale značně specifi cký oproti vztahu zákazníků a poskytovatelů služeb u většiny jiných oborů, a tato specifi čnost má hned několik rozměrů.Jedním z nich je fakt, že v celé řadě zemí … Show more

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“…The remaining question is "why"? There is an assumption stated by Janíčko and Koubek (2012) that the persons interested in social service, when making a decision based on the information available, can tend to choose the provider of social services who seems to be the best one and who is able to sufficiently satisfy their needs. Moreover, private providers of retirement homes must face economic superiority as well as the superiority in numbers of public providers in the form of state-funded organizations of regions and municipalities.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The remaining question is "why"? There is an assumption stated by Janíčko and Koubek (2012) that the persons interested in social service, when making a decision based on the information available, can tend to choose the provider of social services who seems to be the best one and who is able to sufficiently satisfy their needs. Moreover, private providers of retirement homes must face economic superiority as well as the superiority in numbers of public providers in the form of state-funded organizations of regions and municipalities.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is linked to considerable costs of information needed by the client to be able to switch the service's provider but also to the switching costs, which mainly lie in the necessity of getting used to a different provider, often in a very short time. (Janíčko and Koubek, 2012) In the Czech Republic, there is a predominance of institutionalized care for retired people, being provided by public entities. According to Kubalčíková and Havlíková (2016), liberalization and substitution of residential care by alternative forms of allday care are delayed by 20 years when compared with western Europe.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For the contradictions between doctors and patients caused by information asymmetry, the researchers mainly studied the methods and decision-making. Martin developed a simple model analysing the ''double-standard treatment'' that helps overcome inherently present information asymmetry by rendering the healthcare services provision more transparent [21]. Mccoll provided a healthcare customer value cocreation practice styles typology, and the usefulness of this method is demonstrated by showing links to the quality of life and the potential application of this method to other health care settings [23].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%