Physician fees and procedure intensity: the case of cesarean delivery
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Research was conducted to examine the effect of Medicaid fee differentials on the use of cesarean delivery over the period 1988-1992. It was shown that larger fee differentials between cesarean and normal childbirth for the Medicaid program results in higher cesarean delivery rates which is in contrast to the backward-bending supply curve implied by the Medicare literature. Findings indicate that Medicaid reimbursement reductions can cause real reductions in the intensity with which Medicaid patients are treated.
Publication Name: Journal of Health Economics
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0167-6296
Year: 1999
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Physician response to Medicare fee reductions: changes in the volume of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgeries in the Medicare and private sectors
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Research was conducted to examine the demand inducement hypothesis which predicts that physicians will respond to income reductions by increasing the volume of their work when the income effect is negative and strong. A longitudinal panel of physicians in Washington and New York states was used to test inducement in the market for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Results indicate that those physicians largely affected by Medicare fee cuts conducted higher volumes of CABG surgeries.
Publication Name: Journal of Health Economics
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0167-6296
Year: 1998
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Physician demand for leisure: implications for cesarean section rates
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Logistic regression models were used to examine the impact of physician demand for leisure on both planned and unplanned cesarean section rates. The sample of 100 births from Oct. 1992 to Sep. 1993 was gathered by the Forensic Medical Advisory Service. Results showed that, although nature uniformly distributes births and related problems, time-dependent dummy variables associated with leisure affect both total and unplanned c-sections.
Publication Name: Journal of Health Economics
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0167-6296
Year: 1996
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