Physicians are supposed to serve patients' interests, but some are more inclined to do so than others. This paper … studies how the system of health care provision affects the allocation of patients to physicians when physicians differ in … altruistic physicians infer that in their absence, NHS patients receive lower treatment quality than private sector patients …

The French market for specialist physician care has a dual legal structure: physicians must exclusively work in sector …

-for-service (FFS) or capitation (CAP). We observe that physicians customize care in response to the payment system. A FFS patient …. Physicians over-serve FFS patients and under-serve CAP patients. After a CAP payment reduction in the experiment we observe …

assume that physicians differ in their degree of altruism, enjoy being perceived as good but dislike being perceived as …

Physicians are supposed to serve patients' interests, but some are more inclined to do so than others. This paper … studies how the system of health care provision affects the allocation of patients to physicians when physicians differ in … altruistic physicians infer that in their absence, NHS patients receive lower treatment quality than private sector patients …

Income cap or threshold systems rely on incentives that encourage physicians to limit medical expenditures, but little … is known about how physicians respond to these incentives. Conceptually, the threshold system is to physicians what an … in the 'taxable' billings of physicians in Ontario, Canada. We find that for services that the reform turned from …

assume that physicians differ in their degree of altruism, enjoy being perceived as good but dislike being perceived as …