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Why are residents reluctant to consult attending physicians?
Swank, Otto H. - 2009
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Dedicated doctors : public and private provision of health care with altruistic physicians
Delfgaauw, Josse - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003422882
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Why are residents reluctant to consult attending physicians?
Swank, Otto H. - 2009
A physician performs two tasks: making diagnoses and determining treatments. To reduce medical error, residents are supposed to consult their supervisors when they face uncommon circumstances. However, recent research shows that residents are reluctant to do so. This paper presents a model that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378360
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Do stepping stone jobs exist? : early career paths in the medical profession
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Holm, Anders; Ours, Jan C. van - 1999
In the Netherlands, students who want to become a medical specialist have toenrol in a training program which is in limited supply. During the search for aposition as trainee (or "junior medical specialist"), they may accept atemporary job as a medical assistant. We use a micro data set to...
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Do stepping-stone jobs exist? : Early career paths in the medical profession
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Holm, Anders; Ours, Jan C. van - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001387208
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Are we overdiagnosing mental illnesses? : evidence from randomly assigned doctors
Bos, Marieke; Hertzberg, Andrew; Liberman, Andres - 2021 - This draft: August 2021
Almost two in 10 adults in the U.S. and Europe are, at any moment in time, diagnosed with a mental illness. This paper asks whether mental illness is over- (or under-) diagnosed, by looking at its causal effect on individuals at the margin of diagnosis. We follow all Swedish men born between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665941
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Dedicated doctors : public and private provision of health care with altruistic physicians
Delfgaauw, Josse - 2007
Physicians are supposed to serve patients' interests, but some are more inclined to do so than others. This paper … studies how the system of health care provision affects the allocation of patients to physicians when physicians differ in … altruistic physicians infer that in their absence, NHS patients receive lower treatment quality than private sector patients …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011350361
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Auctioning incentive contracts: an experimental study
Onderstal, Sander; Meerendonk, Arthur van de - 2009
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Optimal provision of infrastructure using public-private partnership contracts
Laan, Gerard van der; Ruys, Pieter H. M.; Talman, Dolf - 2001
This paper deals with the optimal provision of infrastructure by means of public-private partnership contracts. Inthe economic literature infrastructure is characterized as a large, indivisible and non-rival capital good thatproduces services for its users. The non-rivalness or nonexcludability...
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Insurance and information : firms as a commitment device
Bovenberg, Ary Lans; Teulings, Coen N. - 2001
We explore the role of firms in insuring non-verifiable output. As a device that allows workers to commit to thedelivery of their output, the firm arises endogenously as an alternative to the market if workers are sufficiently riskaverse and the firm can base its incentive payments on good...
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