Time is up: Increasing shadow price of time in primary-care office visits

Health Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 457-476

  Tai Seale, Ming ^a,b   McGuire, Thomas ^c  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

physician payment incentives; shadow price of time; time allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SYMPTOM; TIME MANAGEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858159532     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1726     Document Type: Article

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