expulsion of Jewish physicians from statutory health insurance as exogenous variation in regional physician supply. Increases in …This paper investigates the returns to health care provision during the mortality transition. We construct a new panel … data set covering German municipalities from 1928 to 1936. The endogeneity of health care supply is addressed by using the …

developed health systems. This paper provides new evidence on the role senior doctors play in determining patient outcomes. I … from a standard deviation increase in the physician’s 3-year caseload equivalent to around 6% of a standard deviation in …

A host of different factors affect health and longevity, ranging from genetic endowments to public policy. Physicians … styles of primary care physicians significantly affect the health outcomes of their patients. Using data on the population of … aspect of physicians’ health management styles have important implications for patient outcomes and health care costs …

patients and physicians (observed and unobserved) characteristics play an important role in determining health status, at least …Understanding the role that drug adherence has on health outcomes in everyday clinical practice is central for the … as important as drug adherence. Most importantly, we show that physicians can have an important role in determining …