We ask how competition influences the prescribing practices of physicians. Law changes granting nurse practitioners … variation in competition. In response, we find that general practice physicians (GPs) significantly increase their prescribing …. Our findings are consistent with a simple model of physician behavior in which competition for patients leads physicians …

physicians prescribing behavior and the physician-patient relationship. We conduct an audit study in which a pair of simulated … expenditures. Such knowledge also increases physicians' information provision about possible side effects, but has a negative …