We use the medical specialties of physician-patients with advanced cancer to study the role of knowledge versus networks in treatment choices and patient survival by matching comparable patients with doctors and admission periods to control unobserved doctor quality. Physician-patients are less...

Since the creation of National Health Insurance (NHI) in 1995, Taiwan’s medical spending has been increasing rapidly, as has been the case in most countries worldwide. This paper follows international standards in documenting recent trends in Taiwan’s medical spending by category, relying on...

Using cancer registry and doctor certificate records, we address unobserved physician quality issues by matching comparable patients with advanced cancer by doctor, hospital, and admission period. Estimates show that physician-patients are less likely to use surgery or radiation, more likely to...