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The effects of the externality of public goods on doctor’s private benefit: Evidence from online health community

  • School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

In order to explore the effects of the externality of public goods in the online healthcare domain, we investigate the relationship between the contributions to Q&A (public goods) and the private benefits of family doctors based on the theory of public goods and externality. We analyze a panel dataset of 1,323 doctors from an online healthcare community, and our results show that participation in public goods will significantly increase the private benefits of family doctors. Moreover, we also find that the physician’s ranking has a moderating effect on this relationship.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSmart Health - International Conference, ICSH 2017, Proceedings
EditorsElena Karahanna, Indranil Bardhan, Hsinchun Chen, Daniel Dajun Zeng
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages149-160
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783319679631
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Smart Health, ICSH 2017 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Duration: 26 Jun 201727 Jun 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10347 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Smart Health, ICSH 2017
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
CityHong Kong
Period26/06/1727/06/17

Keywords

  • Externality
  • Online healthcare community
  • Public goods

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