Do physicians' financial incentives affect medical treatment and patient health?

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1320-1349

  Clemens, Jeffrey ^a   Gottlieb, Joshua D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; BACKACHE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMICS; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION;

ANGIOPLASTY; BACK PAIN; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84898647243     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.4.1320     Document Type: Article

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