Table 1 Parameters and meanings.
From: Evolutionary game analysis on the regulation of medical devices used in health services delivery
Parameters | Meaning |
|---|---|
\(Re0\) | MDs enterprise’s basic sales revenue |
\(Ce1\) | MDs enterprise’s cost of supplying high-quality products |
\(Ce2\) | MDs enterprise’s cost of supplying low-quality products |
\(Ch1\) | Hospital’s cost of conducting strict management on MDs |
\(Cg1\) | Government’s cost of performing active regulation on MDs |
\(Ch2\) | Hospital’s medical risks from low-quality products supplied by enterprise |
\(Cg2\) | Potential patient harm and social impact costs when enterprise supplying low-quality products and hospitals conducting loose management on MDs |
\(Pe1\) | Revenue loss of MDs enterprise due to the termination of supply relationship by hospital |
\(G\) | Social benefits of government’s active regulation of MDs |
\(Rg1\) | Social benefits of high-quality product supply and strict hospital management |
\(Pe2\) | Government’s penalties imposed on enterprises supplying low-quality products |
\(Ph1\) | Government’s penalties imposed on hospitals conducting loose management |
\(S1\) | Government’s reward for whistleblowing of enterprises supplying low-quality products |
\(S2\) | Government’s reward for whistleblowing of hospitals conducting loose management |
\(a\) | Probability of detecting low-quality products through whistleblowing \((0\le a\le 1\)) |
\(\text{b}\) | Probability of detecting loose management through whistleblowing (\(0\le b\le 1\)) |
