A nationally representative sample of 12,280 physicians was selected to investigate physician practices in 60 randomly … selected communities. Multivariate analyses demonstrate that the more the physicians accept Medicare managed care patients … the contrary, physicians participating in managed care have earned more than their counterparts. …

, the practicing physicians tend to be older and young doctors are becoming less willing to settle in their own surgery. To … cope with these challenges the Regional Associations of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Brandenburg …

In Germany there is an ongoing debate on the adequate distribution of physicians that are obliged to guarantee the …. From a health economics point of view it has to be discussed which role physicians have to play within different forms of … organizing care and cure. In the paper, a standardized utility function that depicts physicians’ interest helps to figure out the …