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Chapter 7: Medical Education, Organization, and Business Practices
QUESTIONS
Who controls the supply of physicians: the government or the American Medical Association (AMA)?
Are doctors more or less productive than they were twenty years ago?
Why do patients in Boston undergo more surgeries than patients in San Francisco?
Why are there more foreign doctors practicing in the United States than U.S. doctors practicing overseas if the needs are much greater there?
QUESTIONS cont.
Can medical groups advertise to attract more patients and increase market power? Are bigger practices more efficient?
Is price discrimination legal? Why are some patients charged more for the same service? Why and how are doctors giving discounts on fees?
Do physicians trade patients? Are payments between doctors for referrals legal, ethical, or efficient?
Are chiropractors a substitute for physicians, or are they a complement?
Who sets the standards of practice to guide clinical decisions?
7.1 MEDICAL EDUCATION
7.2 THE ORIGINS OF LICENSURE AND LINKAGE TO MEDICAL EDUCATION
- AMA Controls over Physician Supply, 1930–1965
- Breaking the Contract: The Great Medical Student Expansion of 1970–1980
- Building Pressure: Fixed Domestic Graduation Rates 1980–2010
7.3 ADJUSTING PHYSICIAN SUPPLY
- The Flow of New Entrants and the Stock of Physicians
- Immigration of International Medical Graduates
- Growth in Non-M.D. Physicians
- Balancing Supply and Incomes: Tracing the Past and Projecting the Future
7.4 GROUP PRACTICE: HOW ORGANIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY AFFECT TRANSACTIONS
7.5 KICKBACKS, SELF-DEALING, AND SIDE PAYMENTS
7.6 PRICE DISCRIMINATION
Marginal Revenue = Price(1 + 1/Elasticity)
7.7 PRACTICE VARIATIONS
7.8 INSURANCE, PRICE COMPETITION, AND THE STRUCTURE OF MEDICAL MARKETS
7.9 CHOICES BY AND FOR PHYSICIANS
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