Physician opportunity costs in physician practice cost functions

Article Abstract:

The consideration of concepts involving marginal nonphysician input costs and behavioral economies of scale was proven effective in addressing an assessment problem related to physician firms' production and costs structure. Such concepts give information on the change in costs of the nonphysician inputs used to generate physician services when outputs change and physician labor inputs move along a utility-maximizing expansion path. The concepts can also be used in creating resource-based fee schedules that have distinct components for physician work and nonphysician input costs.

Economic aspects, Physician services utilization, Medical fees

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A problem with consumer surplus measures of the cost of practice variations

Article Abstract:

The consumer surplus loss associated with physicians' practice variations, insurance and other demand shifters which affect the distribution of effective health services underscores the need for new estimation methods that will explain the differences between ex ante and ex post valuation. Such methods should also be capable of measuring surplus loss even if the true value of of health care is unaccounted for.

Health Care, Analysis, Medical care, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs

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Externalities in hospitals and physician adoption of a new surgical technology: an exploratory analysis

Article Abstract:

Surgeons' access to facts regarding laparoscopic cholecystectomy had a marked influence on its adoption by surgeons. It was found that early utilization of laparoscopic cholecystectomy by several of the surgeons in a hospital had a deep impact on the adoption conduct of other surgeons in the same hospital. The research sheds light on how physicians adopt new technologies in general.

Surgical Procedures, Usage, Surgery, Laparoscopic surgery, Surgical technology

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