How do Doctors Respond to Incentives? Unintended Consequences of Paying Doctors to Reduce Costs
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- Diane Alexander, 2020. "How Do Doctors Respond to Incentives? Unintended Consequences of Paying Doctors to Reduce Costs," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 128(11), pages 4046-4096.
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Health care reform; Medicare;JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2017-06-25 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2017-06-25 (Insurance Economics)
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