diuretics and beta-blockers. We use a prescription micro dataset where both patients and physicians can be followed over time …%). -- pharmaceuticals ; physician behavior ; habit formation ; mixed logit estimator …

There is evidence that physicians disproportionately suffer from substance use disorder and mental health problems. It … increases the use of antidepressants, opioids, anxiolytics, and sedatives, especially for female physicians. Among female …

approval. By contrast, patent prolongation does not affect physicians' prescription decisions and increases the likelihood of …

physicians prescribing behavior and the physician-patient relationship. We conduct an audit study in which a pair of simulated … expenditures. Such knowledge also increases physicians' information provision about possible side effects, but has a negative …

national insurance. -- pharmaceuticals ; discrete choice model ; funding-schemes …

In most developed countries drugs are dispensed to patients through physicians and pharmacists. This paper studies the … a self-dispensation regime. Pharmacies in cantons that allow physicians to dispense drugs tend to have relatively higher …