Do doctors charge high income patients more?

Meliyanni Johar

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 117, issue 3, 596-599

Abstract: When doctors are unconstrained in setting fees, they charge higher fees to high income patients. For a standard GP consultation, the average fee gap is 25% of a minimum price. Competition closes this gap, but not local area income.

Keywords: Doctor fee; Competition; Fee gap (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.07.024

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