Physician practice competition and prices paid by private insurers for office visits

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 312, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1653-1662

  Baker, Laurence C ^a,b   Bundorf, M Kate ^a,b   Royalty, Anne B ^c   Levin, Zachary ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIRSCHMAN HERFINDAHL INDEX; HUMAN; MARKETING; MEDICAL FEE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; AMBULATORY CARE; CITY; CODING; ECONOMICS; GROUP PRACTICE; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS;

CITIES; CLINICAL CODING; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; GROUP PRACTICE; INSURANCE CARRIERS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIANS; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908133559     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.10921     Document Type: Article

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