patient demand. The model is identified by migration of patients and physicians across areas, as well as by variation in …We study the role of physicians in driving geographic variation of US healthcare utilization. We estimate a model that … within-area matching. We find that physicians vary greatly in the intensity with which they treat otherwise similar patients …

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected the United States healthcare system, resulting in major disruptions in … practices. There is little empirical evidence on the types of policies or innovations that are effective in shaping healthcare … reveals that children are significantly less likely to delay or skip healthcare delayed as a result of the availability of …

Professions in comparative perspective: the case of medicine -- Medicine in Britain -- Medicine in the United States … -- Medicine in Russia -- The professions, state and the market: medicine in context …