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Rural-Urban Differences in Durations of Patient-Physician Visit Time

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  • Tannista Banerjee

    (Auburn University)

  • Arnab Nayak

    (Mercer University)

Abstract

This paper compares the outpatient visit duration in urban and rural physician offices. Results show that the length of time a physician spends with a patient is strongly associated with urban-rural physician office setting, which directly affects practice quality. Results also show that the rural physicians order more medications for patients across all age groups. Physicians put less attention to patients when they spend less time for consultation.

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  • Tannista Banerjee & Arnab Nayak, 2017. "Rural-Urban Differences in Durations of Patient-Physician Visit Time," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 37(2), pages 1191-1209.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-17-00209
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    Keywords

    Urban; Rural; Primary care physicians; Patient; Office visit duration;
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    JEL classification:

    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics

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