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Short-id: pth230

Working Papers

Undated

1. An Analysis of Physician Career Decisions Using a Nested Logit Approach
   Working Papers, East Carolina University, Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2016

1. Pathways and Hidden Benefits of Healthcare Spending Growth in the U.S
   Atlantic Economic Journal, 2016, 44, (3), 363-375 View citations (1)

2014

2. Education and HIV Discrimination in Egypt
   Development, 2014, 57, (3-4), 625-632

2011

3. Does more medical care improve population health? New evidence for an old controversy
   Applied Economics, 2011, 43, (24), 3325-3336 View citations (5)

2008

4. Determinants of healthcare spending: a state level analysis
   Applied Economics, 2008, 40, (22), 2873-2889 View citations (6)
5. Does extending health insurance coverage to the uninsured improve population health outcomes?
   Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 2008, 6, (4), 217-230

2003

6. How important are economic factors in choice of medical specialty?
   Health Economics, 2003, 12, (1), 67-73 View citations (15)

2002

7. Estimating a health production function for the US: some new evidence
   Applied Economics, 2002, 34, (1), 59-62 View citations (11)

2000

8. Physician choice of medical specialty: do economic incentives matter?
   Applied Economics, 2000, 32, (11), 1419-1428 View citations (16)

1999

9. The impact of medical malpractice insurance cost on physician behaviour: the role of income and tort signal effects
   Applied Economics, 1999, 31, (7), 779-794 View citations (3)

1998

10. Do physicians employ aides efficiently?: Some new evidence on solo practitioners
    Journal of Economics and Finance, 1998, 22, (2), 85-96 View citations (3)
11. The labour supply behaviour of self-employed solo practice physicians
    Applied Economics, 1998, 30, (1), 85-94 View citations (23)

1997

12. Are malpractice insurance premiums a tort signal that influence physician hours worked?
    Economics Letters, 1997, 55, (3), 403-407 View citations (1)
13. The Utility-Maximizing Self-Employed Physician
    Journal of Human Resources, 1997, 32, (1), 98-128 View citations (30)