This paper provides new evidence on the interaction between patient information and financial incentives in physician induced demand (PID). Using rich microdata on childbirth, we compare the treatment of physicians when they are patients with that of comparable non-physicians. We exploit a...

This study develops and tests a model to examine the determinants of the structure of payment systems for providers as a contract between the insurer and the provider and to explain the existence of a variety of payment systems in health insurance markets. This article characterizes payment...