Fee-for-service payments and consultation length in general practice: A work-leisure trade-off model for French GPs

Applied Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 3323-3337

  Clerc, Isabelle ^a,b,c   L'Haridon, Olivier ^d   Paraponaris, Alain ^a,b,c   Protopopescu, Camelia ^a,b,c   Ventelou, Bruno ^a,c,e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Consultation duration; General practitioners; Simultaneous equations; Work leisure trade off; Working time

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMETRICS; LABOR SUPPLY; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; SERVICE PROVISION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE-OFF; WAGE;

EID: 80051983058     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.572858     Document Type: Article

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