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SUBMITTER: Cutler D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7444804 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cutler David D Skinner Jonathan S JS Stern Ariel Dora AD Wennberg David D
American economic journal. Economic policy 20190201 1
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 a ...[more]