practice styles affect patient care. In this paper, we estimate the long-lasting effects of PCP practice styles on patient …

facilitate adherence with prescription medications has significant positive effects on patient outcomes and health costs even … after controlling for observable and unobservable patient characteristics. Policy interventions aimed at improving this … aspect of physicians’ health management styles have important implications for patient outcomes and health care costs …

We ask how patient knowledge of appropriate antibiotic usage affects both physicians prescribing behavior and the … physician-patient relationship. We conduct an audit study in which a pair of simulated patients with identical flu …-like complaints visits the same physician. Simulated patient A is instructed to ask a question that showcases his/her knowledge of …

This paper exploits a sharp reduction in patient cost sharing at age 70 in Japan, using a regression discontinuity …

standard malaria treatment. We find evidence of patient-driven demand: directly informing patients about the price reduction …

information and medical knowledge among patients, an enormous number of health policies are focused on patient education. In this …

patient health outcomes have important limitations. We incorporate methods from the value added literature in education … health status during the course of a hospitalization. We then tie our measures of physician value added to patient outcomes …