Empirical Implications of Physician Authority in Pharmaceutical Decisionmaking

S. Stern and Manuel Trajtenberg

Working Papers from Tel Aviv

Abstract: This paper studies the consequences of physician authority on pharmaceutical prescribing. Physicians engage in a costly process of "matching" patients to the drug which most suits their particular conditions and characteristics.

Keywords: HEALTH; PHARMACEUTICALS; COSTS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I11 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 1998
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