We study an enhanced fee-for-service model for primary care physicians in the Family Health Groups (FHG) in Ontario … distinct patients seen. We also find that the FHG physicians have lower referral rates and treat slightly more complex patients … than the comparable FFS physicians. These results suggest that the FHG model offers a promising alternative to the FFS …

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 …

and exit decisions of physicians in the private sector of the outpatient part of the Austrian health care system. We apply … - 2008. We are particularly interested in the question how public physicians (GPs/specialists) and their private counterparts … influence the entrance and exit of private physicians. We find a significantly negative effect of existing capacities, measured …

stage two physicians decide how much to work in the public and the private sector. We characterise different equilibria … depending on the Health Authority's objectives, the physicians' job preferences, and the cost efficiency of private relative to … public provision of health care. We find that the scope for a mixed health care system is limited when physicians are …