There is evidence that physicians disproportionately suffer from substance use disorder and mental health problems. It … increases the use of antidepressants, opioids, anxiolytics, and sedatives, especially for female physicians. Among female …

In a pervasive but controversial practice, drug firms frequently make monetary or in-kind payments to physicians in the … physician-drug combination. In an event study, we show that physicians increase prescribing of drugs for which they receive … payments in the months just after payment receipt, with no evidence of differential trends between paid and unpaid physicians …

We ask how patient knowledge of appropriate antibiotic usage affects both physicians prescribing behavior and the … knowledge also increases physicians' information provision about possible side effects, but has a negative impact on the quality …

Consumerism arises when patients acquire and use medical information from sources apart from their physicians, such as … cases harms both consumerist and ordinary patients. Data from a large national survey of physicians shows that high levels …

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 …

Using national data on opioid prescriptions written by physicians from 2006 to 2014, we uncover a striking relationship … between opioid prescribing and medical school rank. Even within the same specialty and practice location, physicians who … completed their initial training at top medical schools write significantly fewer opioid prescriptions annually than physicians …

Do information differences across U.S. physicians contribute to treatment disparities? This paper uses a unique new … faster to begin prescribing new generics, and prescribe a more diverse set of products. Notably, physicians using the …