practitioners, allowing them to practice without oversight from physicians. Physician groups have argued against this change, citing … practitioners. We find no evidence of such harm, and instead find that physicians may benefit from the law change in terms of …

the productivity difference between physicians and nurse practitioners (NPs), two health care professions performing … and quasi-experimental variation in the patient probability of being treated by physicians versus NPs in the emergency … department, we find that, compared to physicians, NPs significantly increase resource utilization but achieve worse patient …

patient's expected profitability to a SNF increases the probability that a hospital self-refers that patient (i.e., to a co …

mandated minimum levels of patients per nurse in the hospital setting. When the law was passed, some hospitals already had … acceptable staffing levels, while others had nurse staffing ratios that did not meet mandated standards. Thus changes in hospital …

use detailed longitudinal monthly data on nursing units in the Veterans Administration hospital system to identify how the … human capital (general, hospital-specific and unit or team-specific) of the nursing team on the unit affects patients …

Treatment intensity varies remarkably across physicians, yet the key drivers are not well understood. Meanwhile, the … organization of healthcare is undergoing a secular transformation as physicians increasingly work in groups. This paper tests … whether physicians' group affiliation matters for practice styles and patient health. Using Medicare inpatient claims data, we …