• Swathi M

Individuals have the choice to live a healthy life; reasonable life span is crucial attributes in the notions of personal well-being. The study is an academic enquiry into the human development implications of information asymmetry and market signaling in hospital selection observed in the Kannur district of Kerala. The present study is proposed to explore the information gap between service providers (hospitals) and service recipients (patients) and the degree of information asymmetry in selecting the hospital among the chronically sick in the selected region. To what extent this information gap has led to the health adversities of chronic patients and subsequent economic and educational setbacks of the stakeholders are the core problem addressed. The study is based on primary and secondary data. The study reveals that there exists information asymmetry especially in the absence of proper usage of available market signals.

Information asymmetry, market signaling, hospital selection, chronic diseases

"Information Asymmetry and Market Signaling in Hospital Selection: A Study among the Chronically Sick in Kannur District", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no.d553-d559, May-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105463.pdf

"Information Asymmetry and Market Signaling in Hospital Selection: A Study among the Chronically Sick in Kannur District", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no. ppd553-d559, May-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105463.pdf