We study the role of physicians in driving geographic variation of US healthcare utilization. We estimate a model that … separates variation in average utilization of Medicare beneficiaries due to physicians, non-physician supply side factors, and … patient demand. The model is identified by migration of patients and physicians across areas, as well as by variation in …

: the number of physicians in the physician's group (if any); the physician's integration with or employment by a hospital … or hospital system; and the average age of the other physicians in the physician's group. We present three key findings …. First, all else held constant, group physicians prescribe far fewer opioids, and prescribe them more appropriately, than do …

expectations on their own ability, contemporaneous physician income, and the ex post income of physicians in their medical school …

theoretical framework for assessing the degree to which incentive contracts do in fact induce physicians to deviate from a …

fills approximately 20,000 jobs for new physicians in the United States. Because that market exhibits many complementarities …

This paper studies the consequences of physician authority on pharmaceutical prescribing. Physicians engage in a costly … underlying level of physician skill or knowledge cannot be observed, differences among physicians in terms of these attributes … concentrated (i.e., some physicians prescribe a more diverse portfolio of drugs than others). Second, this concentration is …

There is considerable evidence that patients that are treated by high volume physicians and hospitals have better … health outcomes than patients treated by low volume physicians and hospitals. Thus, as an indirect measure of quality …

System survey, we present four findings. First, physicians from states enacting liability reforms that directly reduce …. Second, physicians from reforming states report significant relative declines in the perceived impact of malpractice pressure … on practice patterns. Third, individual physicians' personal experiences with the malpractice system are a key …