hypothesis consistent with these findings is that FFS physicians respond to competition from HMOs by adopting multi-part pricing … 2,845 fee-for-service (FFS) physicians. Two-stage least squares estimates indicate that increases of 10 percentage …, further examination indicates that the incomes of the physicians in the sample are not lower in areas with higher HMO market …

size and depth of their provider network. The resulting competition to attract physicians exerts a moderating effect on the …We analyze the effect that competition between HMOs has on the cost and quality of medical services. Our key result is … that increasing competition enhances consumer utility while also moderating the impact of managed care on quality and costs …

The heart of the matter -- The evolution of the French medicine -- Coping with physicians' conflicts of interest in … United States, 1950-1980 -- The logic of medical markets : the United States, 1980 to the present -- Coping with physicians …' conflicts of interest in the United States -- The evolution of Japanese medicine -- Coping with physicians' conflicts of …