… We estimate the effect of physician fees and physician density on regional variation in hospital
… Data availability is one of the main problems when studying regional variation, and SID in …

… to understand the extent and variation of physician excess charges. … of variation. The specialty
and geographic distribution of physicians with high excess charges, defined as physicians …

… In this paper, Gregory Pope and three colleagues explore the phenomenon of variations in
physician payment by geography and discuss a cost-of-practice index they developed for the …

… in physician fees recognized by the Medicare and Medicaid programs, we analyzed physician
reimbursement rates atthe national, regional, … fees are 77% ofMedicare specialist fees. …

… Our panel data estimations include various control factors and physician’s role … regions
over the period 2006–2009. In particular, we exploit the physicians’ remuneration difference—fee-…

… (19) reported that compared to patients in health maintenance organizations (HMOs), patients
treated by feefor-service physicians in solo practice and single-specialty group had 41% …

… But not all locked-in behavior produces efficient behavior and functional systems, witness
our present fee-for-service system of physician payment. Howard Brody5, a family …

… for prices “explain” regional variations in health care spending, … For payments to physicians
under the Medicare Part B (physician … , when weighted by the fee-for-service population. (…

… Past research has documented regional variations in Medicare spending and the use of …
Yip found that physicians whose incomes were most affected by lower Medicare fees for CABG …

… Medicare physician fee schedule. Most insurers create fee schedules based on the Medicare
fee … of physicians participating in each network and local physician supply. For most small …