The impact of health insurance expansion on physician treatment choice: Medicare Part D and physician prescribing

International Journal of Health Economics and Management - Tập 17 Số 3 - Trang 333-358 - 2017
Tianyan Hu1, Sandra L. Decker2, Shin‐Yi Chou3
1Department of Health Policy and Management, Florida International University, Miami, USA
2Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, USA
3Department of Economics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA

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