Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty procedures over the years 2008-2011. We examine how patients' choice of the hospital …We study patient mobility in the Italian National Health System, using patient-episode level data on elective … of the discouraging effect of travel distance. We provide evidence that patients are responsive to changes in waiting …

theoretical predictions using the data from a survey that elicits individual preferences for either patients' or providers … pay a copayment themselves when the amount of GPs' incentives is high, the one of the patients' copayment is low, they …

reasonably in trusting her medical provider. Here, the authors propose a test that considers the patient’s competence, knowledge …This project initiates a conversation about patient negligence and trust in the medical setting and offers a test to … determine whether patient negligence should be considered in litigation. The project examines the line at which a physician …