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.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 10186
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Analysis of Health Care Markets
Publicly Provided Private Goods
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- Subject
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healthcare
prescription behaviour
public sector
private sector
moral hazard
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Jussila, Elina
Kotakorpi, Kaisa
Verho, Jouko
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
- (where)
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Munich
- (when)
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2022
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Jussila, Elina
- Kotakorpi, Kaisa
- Verho, Jouko
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Time of origin
- 2022
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