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

"Patient sorting can confound estimates of the returns to physician human capital. This paper compares nearly 30 … assigned to the lower-ranked institution. Health outcomes are not related to the physician team assignment, and the estimates …

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 …