laws. These laws make apologies from physicians to patients inadmissible in any subsequent court proceedings. The basic …

Although physicians are often expected to be gatekeepers to health insurance benefits such as paid sick leave, research … most physicians prefer to be good gatekeepers, all of them may trust their patients in Nash equilibrium. These ideas are … illustrated using results from focus group interviews with Norwegian primary care physicians …

This paper examines changes in the motivation of physicians at work since the start of the salary reforms in 2008 …% of physicians believe that they are working at a high level of quality and performance.The majority of physicians desire …

people without disabilities. Yet relatively few physicians – the persons responsible for providing medical care to this …

expulsion of Jewish physicians from statutory health insurance as exogenous variation in regional physician supply. Increases in … the supply of physicians reduce infant mortality and mortality from common childhood diseases. Using a semiparametric …

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 …

Shortage Areas (HPSAs). Several programs use these designations to incentivize physicians to practice in areas of need … physicians billing in HPSAs. We use data from CMS and a matched difference-in-differences design to estimate the causal effects … number of early-career primary care physicians. The increase is driven by physicians who attended ranked medical schools. In …