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  • Title: Relative inefficiencies in production between solo and group practice physicians.
    Author: Defelice LC, Bradford WD.
    Journal: Health Econ; 1997; 6(5):455-65. PubMed ID: 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.
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