A Quantitative Observational Study of Physician Influence on Hospital Costs
Physicians serve as the nexus of treatment decision-making in hospitalized patients; however, little empirical evidence describes the influence of individual physicians on hospital costs. In this study, we examine the extent to which hospital costs vary across physicians and physician characteristic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-09-01
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Series: | Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958018800906 |