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 …

As most Americans know, conflicts of interest riddle the US health care system. They result from physicians practicing … medicine as entrepreneurs, from physicians' ties to pharma, and from investor-owned firms and insurers' influence over … physicians' medical choices. These conflicts raise questions about physicians' loyalty to their patients and their professional …

physicians' earnings and estimate the influence of healthcare policies on these earnings, physicians' labor supply, and … allocation of talent. Combining the administrative registry of U.S.~physicians with tax data, Medicare billing records, and … survey responses, we find that physicians' annual earnings average $350,000 and comprise 8.6% of national healthcare spending …