Repeated foreign body ingestion as a dynamic game: A case report
In this case report, we correct the analysis of mitigating intentional foreign body ingestion offered by Sarah J. Diamond and Amnon Sonnenberg. Patients who notoriously swallow foreign objects generate significant economic costs to hospitals. In previous publications, it has been argued that hospita...
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| description | In this case report, we correct the analysis of mitigating intentional foreign body ingestion offered by Sarah J. Diamond and Amnon Sonnenberg. Patients who notoriously swallow foreign objects generate significant economic costs to hospitals. In previous publications, it has been argued that hospitals might reduce the need for endoscopy by offering such patients a paid position to discourage foreign body ingestions. However, the game-theoretical analysis offered in the literature was based on a static game which did not justify the relevant equilibrium. To obtain the actual goal of keeping the patient away from foreign body ingestion, we consider a repeated game with an infinite horizon. We show that there exists a combination of strategies applied by the hospital and the patient that leads to a steady state in which the patient will be discouraged from foreign body ingestion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-19445209fcbf48e9abace040f4f745fb2024-02-08T11:04:24ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open Medical Case Reports2050-313X2024-02-011210.1177/2050313X241229859Repeated foreign body ingestion as a dynamic game: A case reportJacek Prokop0Mateusz Prokop1SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, PolandGreen Medica, Warsaw, PolandIn this case report, we correct the analysis of mitigating intentional foreign body ingestion offered by Sarah J. Diamond and Amnon Sonnenberg. Patients who notoriously swallow foreign objects generate significant economic costs to hospitals. In previous publications, it has been argued that hospitals might reduce the need for endoscopy by offering such patients a paid position to discourage foreign body ingestions. However, the game-theoretical analysis offered in the literature was based on a static game which did not justify the relevant equilibrium. To obtain the actual goal of keeping the patient away from foreign body ingestion, we consider a repeated game with an infinite horizon. We show that there exists a combination of strategies applied by the hospital and the patient that leads to a steady state in which the patient will be discouraged from foreign body ingestion.https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X241229859 |
| spellingShingle | Jacek Prokop Mateusz Prokop Repeated foreign body ingestion as a dynamic game: A case report SAGE Open Medical Case Reports |
| title | Repeated foreign body ingestion as a dynamic game: A case report |
| title_full | Repeated foreign body ingestion as a dynamic game: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Repeated foreign body ingestion as a dynamic game: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Repeated foreign body ingestion as a dynamic game: A case report |
| title_short | Repeated foreign body ingestion as a dynamic game: A case report |
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