Christianson J B
Inquiry. 1984 Summer;21(2):161-77.
In this analysis of provider decisions in bidding for indigent medical care contracts, a general conceptual framework is developed where each provider bid is associated with a series of decisions and uncertain events that define a set of possible outcomes. The uncertainty surrounding probability and outcome estimates and the variation in provider objective functions lead to bidding behaviors that can vary widely across providers. The general framework is then applied to a discussion of the bidding strategies employed in the Arizona experiment by four different types of bidders. The article concludes with a discussion of state actions that can reduce provider uncertainty in the bidding process.
在对医疗服务提供者竞标贫困医疗护理合同的决策进行的这项分析中，构建了一个通用概念框架，其中每个提供者的投标都与一系列决策和不确定事件相关联，这些决策和事件定义了一组可能的结果。围绕概率和结果估计的不确定性以及提供者目标函数的差异导致了投标行为在不同提供者之间可能存在很大差异。然后，该通用框架被应用于讨论亚利桑那实验中四种不同类型投标人所采用的投标策略。文章最后讨论了可以减少投标过程中提供者不确定性的州行动。
