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 …

: subjects take on the role of physicians and make treatment decisions for patients, receiving feedback on the quality of their …

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

-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 …