全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending

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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w19320
来源ID	Working Paper 19320
	Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending
	David Cutler; Jonathan Skinner; Ariel Dora Stern; David Wennberg
发表日期	2013-08-16
出版年	2013
语种	英语
摘要	There is considerable controversy about the causes of regional variations in health care expenditures. Using vignettes from patient and physician surveys linked to fee-for-service Medicare expenditures, this study asks whether patient demand-side factors or physician supply-side factors explain these variations. The results indicate that patient demand is relatively unimportant in explaining variations. Physician organizational factors matter, but the most important factor is physician beliefs about treatment. In Medicare, we estimate that 35 percent of spending for end-of-life care, and 12 percent of spending for heart attack patients (and for all enrollees) is associated with physician beliefs unsupported by clinical evidence.
主题	Public Economics ; National Fiscal Issues ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w19320
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/576995
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	David Cutler,Jonathan Skinner,Ariel Dora Stern,et al. Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending. 2013.