. Those treated by physicians from the higher-ranked institution have 10-25% shorter and less expensive stays than patients … are precise. Procedure differences across the teams are consistent with the ability of physicians in the lower …-ranked institution to substitute time and diagnostic tests for the faster judgments of physicians from the top-ranked institution …

To develop new evidence on the effects of hospital ownership and other aspects of hospital market composition on health ….4 percent lower levels of hospital expenditures, but virtually the same patient health outcomes. We conclude that for …

The hospital market is served by firms that are private for-profit, private not-for-profit, and government-owned and … operated. I use a plausibly exogenous change in hospital financing that was intended to improve medical care for the poor to …

Substantial practice variation across physicians for seemingly similar patients remains an unresolved puzzle. This … paper studies physicians in training to explore the behavioral foundations of practice variation. A discontinuity in the …-driven services. Rich trainee characteristics and training histories, including the practice styles of prior supervising physicians …

Current academic and policy debates focus on the impact of tort reforms on physicians' behavior and medical costs. This …

The 'induced demand' model states that in the face of negative income shocks physicians may exploit their agency …

-lowering statins) to study the responses of physicians and patients to variation in the cost of drugs. In a sample of first-time statin …-income patients. Our analysis suggests that physicians can perceive the adherence elasticity of their patients and adjust their …, we present suggestive evidence that physicians learn about a patient's price sensitivity through their own experience of …