group. We use behavioral models and a unique survey of medical groups to analyze how group sociology influences physician …

, such as the use of marketing dollars to pay for the decision support systems, may lead to undesirable outcomes if physician …

We study the effect of physician incentives in an HMO network. Physician incentives are controversial because they may …'s incentive contract provides a typical physician an increase, at the margin, of $0.10 in income for each $1.00 reduction in …

This brief considers the interaction between physician incentive systems and product market competition in the delivery … maintenance organizations (HMOs) assemble physician networks and the role these networks play in the competition for customers …. The authors find that although physician practice styles respond to financial incentives, there is little evidence that …

We study the effect of physician incentives in an HMO network. Physician incentives are controversial because they may …'s incentive contract provides a typical physician an increase, at the margin, of $0.10 in income for each $1.00 reduction in …

structure of physician practices and poorly designed physician incentives. This paper analyzes these issues from the perspective … of organizational economics. We begin with a brief overview of the structure of physician practices and observe that the … fragmentation poses for the design of physician incentives. Organizational economics suggests some promising incentive strategies …