Objective: To review the impact of payment systems on the behaviour of primary care
physicians. Methods: All randomised trials, controlled before and after studies, and …

General (or family) practice and its role within primary care is increasingly regarded as the
key to achieving efficiency and equity in many health care systems. This is particularly …

• Observação nº 2–Para discutir a sustentabilidade financeira seja do Serviço Nacional de
Saúde seja do sistema de saúde não se pode olhar apenas para o valor num momento do …

Many states allow nurse practitioners (NPs) to practice and prescribe drugs without
physician oversight, increasing the number of autonomous primary care providers. We …

The focus of the present study is to examine whether supplier-induced demand exists for
primary care physician services in Norway. We compare how two groups of physicians, with …

BACKGROUND: Supplier-induced demand (SID) for health care could be a crucial factor of
rising health expenditures. However, there is thus far no consensus on the topic …

A number of empirical studies have shown that there is a negative association between
population: physician ratio and utilization of medical services. However, it is not clear …

We present a model of the physician–patient relationship extending on the model by Farley
[Farley, PJ, 1986. Theories of the price and quantity of physician services. Journal of Health …

Abstract We study how General Practitioners (GPs) respond to fee changes with respect to
the number of visits and treatment intensity. Our empirical strategy is to exploit within GP …

This paper aims at investigating whether the relationship between mortality and socio-
economic deprivation is affected by the spatial autocorrelation of ecological data. A simple …