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 …

We analyze whether the possibility for physicians to dispense drugs increases health care expenditures due to the … dispensing is permitted, physicians produce significantly higher drug costs in the order of 30% per patient. …

This paper examines how physicians in China respond to a pay-for-performance scheme that mismeasures performance. In … to decrease drug expenditure. Using a unique patient-level data from a large Chinese hospital, I find that physicians … inducement hypothesis as physicians in China may receive under-the-counter commission for prescribing certain drugs. I also find …

In many healthcare markets, physicians can influence the volume (volume response) and the composition of the services … regulated at the federal level. Dispensing creates financial incentives for physicians to sell more drugs and to substitute …

Physicians' relationships with the pharmaceutical industry have recently come under public scrutiny, particularly in … indicate that both the number and the dollar- value of marketing visits increase physicians' patented opioid claims …

drive more and more physicians out of the system, it's time for Congress to allow private contracting to play a … nonparticipating physicians, expand the scope of Medigap coverage to include services not covered by Medicare, and liberalize the rules … for opt-out physicians …

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 …