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Repeated foreign body ingestion as a dynamic game: A case report
Jacek Prokop1, Mateusz Prokop2
1SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland.
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
|February 9, 2024
Summary
Hospitals can reduce costs from intentional foreign body ingestion by employing a repeated game strategy. This approach incentivizes patients to avoid ingesting foreign objects, leading to a sustainable equilibrium.
Area of Science:
- Medical Economics
- Game Theory
- Behavioral Economics
Background:
- Intentional foreign body ingestion incurs substantial economic costs for hospitals.
- Previous analyses suggested paid positions to discourage ingestion, but lacked robust game-theoretical justification.
- Static game models failed to establish a stable equilibrium for mitigating this behavior.
