. Empirical evidence for a survey of US physicians suggests that survey supply even for this wealthy group is affected by the …

out-of-network referrals from primary care physicians (PCPs) to specialists. We estimate a difference-in-differences model …, exploiting changes in EHR developer adoption by physicians' affiliated hospitals. After a change in the PCP's EHR developer … experience than the specialist and when the new EHR developer has a majority market share. These results are robust to estimation …

physicians were to act as perfect agents for their patients, and even if moral hazard were to be eliminated, coordination failure …

We measure whether expert patients - those trained as physicians and nurses - have fewer emergency department visits … and the reasons for these differences. Relative to similar patients physicians and nurses had 19.8% and 5.1% fewer ED … visits, principally due to fewer avoidable visits. The differences in avoidable visits between physicians and other patients …

patient demand. The model is identified by migration of patients and physicians across areas, as well as by variation in …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 …

from patient interests, especially when providers are motivated more by profits than by altruism. We investigate how profit …

The 'induced demand' model states that in the face of negative income shocks physicians may exploit their agency …