Essays in Public Economics

Chapter 1 investigates whether physicians' financial incentives influence health care supply, technology diffusion, and resulting patient outcomes. In 1997, Medicare consolidated the geographic regions across which it adjusts payments for physician services, generating area-specific price shoc...

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Main Author: Gottlieb, Joshua
Other Authors: Glaeser, Edward Ludwig
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10326
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10318175