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The effect of patient shortage on general practitioners’ future income and list of patients
Iversen, Tor - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
of patient shortage. Data from the Norwegian capitation trial in general practice give us an opportunity to make this … distinction and hence, study whether service provision by physicians is income motivated. In the capitation trial each general … practitioner (GP) has a personal list of patients. The payment system is a mix of a capitation fee and a fee for service. The data …
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Patient switching in a list patient system
Iversen, Tor; Lurås, Hilde - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
We study whether the information patients have about physician quality when they choose a physician, influences their probability of switching physicians. We also study whether a physician with unfavorable characteristics, as perceived by patients (ex post), can compensate for patient switching...
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Patient switching in general practice
Iversen, Tor; Lurås, Hilde - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 5, pp. 894-903
Patients switching physicians involves costs to the patients because of less continuity of care. From a theoretical model we derive that inferior physician quality as perceived by patients, implies patient shortage for the physician and more patients switching physicians. By means of a unique...
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General Practice: Four Empirical Essays on GP Behaviour and Individuals’ Preferences for GPs
Lurås, Hilde - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
On June 1, 2001 a reform took place in Norwegian general practice. This implied some advantages of importance to empirical analysis. First, a new organisation and a new payment system were introduced, which makes it possible to perform before-after analysis. Second, the GPs' preferred list-sizes...
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Four Empirical Essays on the Market for General Practitioners' Services
Godager, Geir - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
This dissertation consists of empirical essays within the subject of health economics. There are four essays in applied micro-econometrics and, as data in Essays 2 and 4 have a panel format, econometric methods for panel data are applied. Tobit-type models for limited dependent variables are...
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The interaction between patient shortage and patients waiting time
Iversen, Tor; Lurås, Hilde - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
practitioners participating in a capitation trial. …
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Impacts des incitatifs économiques en médecine générale : Analyse des préférences et des motivations des médecins
Sicsic, Jonathan - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
This thesis addresses several issues raised by the introduction in France of economic incentives such as pay-For-Performance applied to general practice. These incentive schemes are designed to improve the quality of care, but they are discussed both in terms of effectiveness and potential side...
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An Empirical Model for the Development of Disease Management Programs in General Practice: A Case Study Using Hypertension
Turnbull, Deborah A.; Mensforth, Helen; Beilby, Justin J.; … - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 10 (2002) 11, pp. 723-729
Objective: The aim of this research was to develop an empirically derived methodological model for the development of disease management programs in general practice. The model was developed applying the example of hypertension. Methods: Using a rapid appraisal framework, empirical...
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Physician Financial Incentives in Managed Care: Resource Use, Quality and Cost Implications
Armour, Brian S.; Pitts, Mmelinda - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 11 (2003) 3, pp. 139-147
Patients with health insurance do not make the most cost conscious healthcare decisions since they bear only a fraction of the total cost of medical care. Managed care advocates point to financial incentives as a way to reduce wasteful resource use. However, physicians with managed care...
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Choosing a GP - Experiences from the implementation of a list patient system in Norway
Lurås, Hilde - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
When the list patient system was introduced in Norway in 2001, the population was requested to choose a general practitioner (GP). Prior to the reform they were asked to rank their three most preferred GPs in an entry form. Information from the entry form was input for the algorithm1 that...
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