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The marginal practice cost of physicians' services

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  • Pope, Gregory C.
  • Burge, Russel T.

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  • Pope, Gregory C. & Burge, Russel T., 1995. "The marginal practice cost of physicians' services," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 29(1), pages 1-16, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:soceps:v:29:y:1995:i:1:p:1-16
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    2. Lukas Kwietniewski & Jonas Schreyögg, 2018. "Efficiency of physician specialist groups," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 409-425, September.
    3. Escarce, Jose J. & Pauly, Mark V., 1998. "Physician opportunity costs in physician practice cost functions," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 129-151, April.
    4. Mareike Heimeshoff & Jonas Schreyögg & Lukas Kwietniewski, 2014. "Cost and technical efficiency of physician practices: a stochastic frontier approach using panel data," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 150-161, June.
    5. Lukas Kwietniewski & Jonas Schreyögg, 2018. "Profit efficiency of physician practices: a stochastic frontier approach using panel data," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 76-86, March.

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