Arbeitspapier

Prescription Behavior of Physicians in the Public and Private Sector

We analyze prescription behavior of physicians in the public and private sector. We study two major diseases for which an effective, widely accepted low-cost treatment and alternative, more expensive treatments are available. We find that private sector physicians are more likely to prescribe the expensive medication. The result holds after controlling for individual-level factors including health indicators based on detailed administrative data, and patient fixed effects. In one of our cases, we further find that the same physicians prescribe different medication when working in different sectors. These results are consistent with higher 2nd degree moral hazard in the private sector.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 10186

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Analysis of Health Care Markets
Publicly Provided Private Goods
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Thema
healthcare
prescription behaviour
public sector
private sector
moral hazard

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Jussila, Elina
Kotakorpi, Kaisa
Verho, Jouko
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2022

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Jussila, Elina
  • Kotakorpi, Kaisa
  • Verho, Jouko
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2022

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