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Effects of health insurance on physicians' fees.

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Sloan, FA
Published in: The Journal of human resources
January 1982

According to conventional wisdom, the growth of health insurance is partly responsible for the rise in physicians' fees; however, to date, convincing empirical evidence is lacking. A standard model of physician fee determination yields unambiguous predictions about insurance effects on fees. Empirical evidence, based on national interview surveys of physicians, shows insurance does affect fees in the predicted direction. Insurance parameter estimates imply that a $1.00 increase in an insurer's fee schedule raises physicians' fees somewhere between $0.13 and $0.35 on average. The higher fees could be associated with higher quality, an issue discussed in the last section.

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The Journal of human resources

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ISSN

0022-166X

Publication Date

January 1982

Volume

17

Issue

4

Start / End Page

533 / 557

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Mathematics
  • Insurance, Health
  • Fees, Medical
  • Economics, Medical
  • Economics
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1801 Law
  • 1402 Applied Economics
 

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Sloan, F. A. (1982). Effects of health insurance on physicians' fees. The Journal of Human Resources, 17(4), 533–557. https://doi.org/10.2307/145614
Sloan, F. A. “Effects of health insurance on physicians' fees.The Journal of Human Resources 17, no. 4 (January 1982): 533–57. https://doi.org/10.2307/145614.
Sloan FA. Effects of health insurance on physicians' fees. The Journal of human resources. 1982 Jan;17(4):533–57.
Sloan, F. A. “Effects of health insurance on physicians' fees.The Journal of Human Resources, vol. 17, no. 4, Jan. 1982, pp. 533–57. Epmc, doi:10.2307/145614.
Sloan FA. Effects of health insurance on physicians' fees. The Journal of human resources. 1982 Jan;17(4):533–557.
Journal cover image

Published In

The Journal of human resources

DOI

ISSN

0022-166X

Publication Date

January 1982

Volume

17

Issue

4

Start / End Page

533 / 557

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Mathematics
  • Insurance, Health
  • Fees, Medical
  • Economics, Medical
  • Economics
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1801 Law
  • 1402 Applied Economics