个体执业医生与团队执业医生在生产效率方面的相对低效。

Relative inefficiencies in production between solo and group practice physicians.

作者信息

Defelice L C, Bradford W D

机构信息

Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire, Durham 03824, USA.

出版信息

Health Econ. 1997 Sep-Oct;6(5):455-65. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1050(199709)6:5<455::aid-hec290>3.0.co;2-s.

DOI:10.1002/(sici)1099-1050(199709)6:5<455::aid-hec290>3.0.co;2-s

PMID:9353646

Abstract

Health economists have hypothesized for some time that physicians produce medical care in an inefficient manner. Further, whether solo or group practice physicians are relatively more inefficient has been a question of particular interest. Theoretical considerations suggest that solo and group practice physicians face different behavioural and production constraints, implying that they may produce care at different levels of efficiency; which is more efficient is an empirical question. We employed stochastic production frontier estimation to address this issue.

摘要

一段时间以来，卫生经济学家一直假设医生提供医疗服务的方式效率低下。此外，个体执业医生和团体执业医生谁的效率相对更低，一直是一个特别受关注的问题。理论上的考虑表明，个体执业医生和团体执业医生面临不同的行为和生产限制，这意味着他们可能以不同的效率水平提供医疗服务；哪种方式效率更高是一个实证问题。我们采用随机生产前沿估计来解决这个问题。