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| Parameter | Meaning |
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| Doctor’s utility |
| Patient’s utility |
| Distance of the patient from the doctor |
| Patient’s travel burden from distance to the doctor ( is a random variable, ) |
| Patient’s reward for each visit |
| Patient’s reward for each in-person visit |
| Patient’s reward for each telehealth visit |
| Doctor’s service rate, that is, the number of patients treated per unit of time |
| Price per visit charged by the government |
| Price per visit charged by the government for an in-person visit |
| Price per visit charged by the government for telehealth |
| Medical insurance rate, |
| Medical insurance rate for an in-person visit |
| Medical insurance rate for telehealth |
| Doctor’s commission rate on each visit fee |
| Doctor’s commission rate on each visit fee for an in-person visit |
| Doctor’s commission rate on each visit fee for telehealth |
| Patient’s waiting costs for each visit |
| Patient’s waiting costs for each in-person visit |
| Patient’s waiting costs for each telehealth visit |
| Clinical feasibility of telehealth |
| Patient’s amortized cost of telehealth adoption |
| Patient’s learning costs of telehealth adoption |
| Doctor’s learning cost of telehealth adoption |
| Doctor’s rewards from telehealth adoption |
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