Do physicians always flee from HMOs? New results using dynamic panel estimation methods

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 357-373

  Brown, Timothy T ^a   Coffman, Janet M ^a   Quinn, Brian C ^b   Scheffler, Richard M ^a   Schwalm, Douglas D ^c  

^a School of Public Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Econometrics; Health workforce: distribution incomes training; Managed care organizations (e.g., HMOs PPOs IPAs)

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIGRATION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAID; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 33644861138     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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