Physician quality and payment schemes: A theoretical and empirical analysis

• Main Author: Calub, Renz Adrian T.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Physicians—Rating of; Physicians—Salaries, etc.; Economics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2855
• Institution: De La Salle University

Physicians are expected to provide the best healthcare to their patients; however, it cannot be discounted that their practice is driven primarily by incentives. In this paper, a physician utility maximization model that links physician quality of service to compensation schemes was constructed. Res...