This article examines the link between restrictions on the number of physicians and general practitioners' (GPs) earnings. Using a representative panel of 6016 French self-employed GPs over the years 1983-2004, we estimate an earnings function to identify experience, time and cohort effects. The...

This paper examines whether general practitionersí(GPsí) earnings are high enough to keep this profession attractive. We set up two samples, with longitudinal data relative to GPs and executives. Those two professions have similar abilities but GPs have chosen a longer education. To measure if...

En France, l’offre de soins ambulatoires est régulée depuis 1971 par le numerus clausus, qui fixe le nombre d’étudiants admis en deuxième année de médecine. Fixé initialement à 8 588 places, il n’a vraiment diminué qu’à partir de 1978, jusqu’à atteindre 3 500 places en 1993....

This article offers a synthesis of current knowledge concerning the income of doctors in France. Drawing on econometric studies of a representative panel of general practitioners, it examines the influence of fee-for-service payment on their health care supply behaviour and on outpatient...

Dans cet article, nous évaluons le positionnement des médecins généralistes en comparant leurs revenus à ceux de salariés situés dans le haut de la hiérarchie salariale : les cadres supérieurs. Les syndicats de médecins évoquent régulièrement la durée des études de médecine, les...

Background— Women with acute myocardial infarction have a higher hospital mortality rate than men. This difference has been ascribed to their older age, more frequent comorbidities, and less frequent use of revascularization. The aim of this study is to assess these factors in relation to...

The purpose of this paper is to study hospital costs in the event of introduction of a Prospective Payment System in France. We use a nested three dimensional database (stays-hospitals-years) to identify hospital unobservable heterogeneity and a transitory moral hazard component of cost...