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School Choice and School Quality in the US
Nechyba, Thomas - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 4, pp. 33-38
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696489
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The sociology of groups and the economics of incentives: theory and evidence on compensation systems
Encinosa, William E.; Gaynor, Martin; Rebitzer, James B. - 2005
When working together, people engage in non-contractual and informal interactions that constitute the sociology of the group. We use behavioral models and a unique survey of medical groups to analyze how group sociology influences physician incentive pay and behavior. We conclude that informal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267317
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Occupational mismatch and moonlighting among Spanish physicians: do couples matter?
Dolado, Juan José; Felgueroso, Florentino - 2008
physicians have lower participation rates than male physicians plus they are subject to higher occupational mismatch, and (ii …) moonlighting is more frequent among male physicians. In this paper we investigate whether such differences are related to the … university graduates, Spanish physicians are the ones most often coupled to partners with the same educational level and/or same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268616
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Overconfidence and technology adoption in health care
Comin, Diego; Skinner, Jonathan; Staiger, Douglas - 2022
Variation in technology adoption is a key driver of differences in productivity. Previous studies sought to explain variations in technology adoption by heterogeneity in profitability, costs of adoption, or other factors. Less is known about how adoption is affected by bias in the perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480649
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Kassenärztliche Vereinigungen: Garanten für Qualität und Effizienz
Köhler, Andreas - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 86 (2006) 5, pp. 292-295
Bisher stand bei den Reformen der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung die Finanzierungsseite im Vordergrund, nun will sich die Bundesregierung auf die Leistungsseite konzentrieren. Wie kann mehr Wettbewerb im Gesundheitswesen etabliert werden? Welche Erfahrungen wurden damit im Ausland gemacht?...
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Auswirkungen des DRG-Entgeltsystems auf Arbeitsbedingungen und berufliches Selbstverständnis von Ärzten und die Versorgungsqualität in deutschen Krankenhäusern: Teil II. Detailerge...
Klinke, Sebastian - 2007
physicians. Working conditions and aspects of quality of care are presented and to what extent changes in hospital funding have … consists of three quantitative longitudinal surveys (physicians, nurses and patients) and repeated qualitative case studies in … four German hospitals. In this paper we present results from the 2004 physicians survey (W1 Quanti - Ärzte). The project is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304977
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Auswirkungen des DRG-Entgeltsystems auf Arbeitsbedingungen von Krankenhausärzten und die Versorgungsqualität in deutschen Krankenhäusern: Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse und Dokumen...
Klinke, Sebastian; Kühn, Hagen - 2006
physicians. They show to what extent changes in hospital funding have invoked shifts in attitude and behaviour on the part of … longitudinal surveys (physicians, nurses and patients) and repeated qualitative case studies in four German hospitals. In this … paper we present results from the 2004 physicians survey (W1 Quanti - Ärzte). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304978
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Grenzen des Wettbewerbs im Gesundheitswesen
Kumpmann, Ingmar - 2008
Many health economists demand more competition in the health care system. They focus on the competition between sickness funds for insured and the competition between health care providers for contracts with sickness funds. But they neglect the competition between health care providers for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269923
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Physician incentives in managed care organizations: Medical practice norms and the quality of care
Cooper, David J.; Rebitzer, James B. - 2002
information asymmetry: physicians perceive the quality of care they offer perfectly and their patients do not perceive it at all. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280361
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Determinants of service quality in bureaucracy: Parkinson's theory at work
Jochimsen, Beate - 2007
Parkinson's law states that work expands to fill the time available for its completion and that the number of administrators in an office is bound to increase over time. An unique laboratory to test Parkinson's ideas are vehicle registration offices in Germany. Using their data we found...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299121