TY - T1 - User-defined ecosystems in health and social care SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/346749 T3 - A1 - Mickelsson, Jacob; Särkikangas, Ulla; Strandvik, Tore; Heinonen, Kristina A2 - PB - Y1 - 2022 LA - eng AB - Purpose People with complex health conditions must often navigate landscapes of uncoordinated public, private and voluntary health-care providers to obtain the care they need. Complex health conditions frequently transcend the scope of typical health-care service systems. The purpose of this paper is to explore and characterize such unique assemblages of actors and services as "user-defined ecosystems". Design/methodology/approach Building on literature on customer ecosystems, this paper introdu... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - User-defined ecosystem; Health care; Social care; User unit; Customer-dominant logic; Health services; CUSTOMER-DOMINANT LOGIC; VALUE CREATION; CO-CREATION; SERVICE QUALITY; SPECIAL NEEDS; CHILDREN; SYSTEM; IDENTITY; MODEL; INTERVENTIONS; 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology N1 - PP - ER -