developed health systems. This paper provides new evidence on the role senior doctors play in determining patient outcomes. I … from a standard deviation increase in the physician’s 3-year caseload equivalent to around 6% of a standard deviation in …

The paper evaluates the German health care reform of 1997, using the individual number of doctor visits as outcome …

The German health care reform of 1997 provides a natural experiment for evaluating the price sensitivity of demand for … physicians' services. As a part of the reform, co-payments for prescription drugs were increased step up to 200%. However … for physicians' services of the treated, those subject to increased co-payments, can be assessed. The differences …