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

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 …

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 …

. Those treated by physicians from the higher-ranked institution have 10-25% shorter and less expensive stays than patients … are precise. Procedure differences across the teams are consistent with the ability of physicians in the lower …-ranked institution to substitute time and diagnostic tests for the faster judgments of physicians from the top-ranked institution …

physicians now employed by hospitals. This trend toward increasing vertical alignment between physicians and hospitals may alter … physician behavior relative to physicians remaining in independent or group practices. We examine the effects of such vertical … increase in billable activity among other integrated physicians alongside a large decrease in activity among non …

.S. along two dimensions. If growth in malpractice payments results in higher malpractice insurance premiums for physicians … malpractice liability might also encourage physicians to practice 'defensive medicine.' We use rich new data to examine the … malpractice liability drive physicians to close their practices or not move to areas with high payments? Third, do increases 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 … patient demand. The model is identified by migration of patients and physicians across areas, as well as by variation in …

available quality measures, and (2) apply this method to estimating the quality of hospital care for elderly patients with heart …