Practice variation and physician-specific effects

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 403-418

  Grytten, Jostein ^a,b   Sørensen, Rune ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Physician behaviour; Practice variation; Preferences; Primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL FEE; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORY;

CONTRACT SERVICES; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0037402001     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(02)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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