In the 11 years since the Romanow Commission warned that the income of physicians was threatening to become a … more than he or she was just a decade ago. All of this has occurred while physicians have actually provided slightly fewer … provinces and physicians for public support, each with its own claim to being the guardian of public health care. In the last …

Primary care physicians have a central, coordination role in medicine, yet little is known about their impacts on … healthcare utilization. I study the short-run and long-run effects of switching to different primary care physicians on … utilization within healthcare markets. To estimate the short-run effects of changing primary care physicians on utilization, I …

strong position on the market for health care services. Physicians exert a type of monopolistic power which can be described … counterbalance the strong bargaining position of the physicians. Thus, health care expenditure is higher, financing either extra … profits for physicians or a higher number of them. In addition, health insurers do not have an incentive to contract …

We study the effects of "balance billing", i.e., allowing physicians to charge a fee from patients in addition to the …

to decrease drug expenditure. Using a unique patient-level data from a large Chinese hospital, I find that physicians …This paper examines how physicians in China respond to a pay-for-performance scheme that mismeasures performance. In … inducement hypothesis as physicians in China may receive under-the-counter commission for prescribing certain drugs. I also find …

In most developed countries drugs are dispensed to patients through physicians and pharmacists. This paper studies the … a self-dispensation regime. Pharmacies in cantons that allow physicians to dispense drugs tend to have relatively higher …

In many healthcare markets, physicians can influence the volume (volume response) and the composition of the services … regulated at the federal level. Dispensing creates financial incentives for physicians to sell more drugs and to substitute …

This paper estimates the impact of gifts - monetary or in-kind payments - from pharmaceutical firms on physicians … Part D, we find that payments cause physicians to prescribe more brand drugs. On average, for every dollar spent, payments … heterogeneity in responses to payments across physicians. Differences are predominantly explained by the insurance coverage of …