Is blood thicker than water? Peer effects in stent utilization among Floridian cardiologists

Marco D. Huesch

Social Science & Medicine, 2011, vol. 73, issue 12, 1756-1765

Abstract: Variations in physician practice are pervasive and costly, and may be harmful. The objective of much policy in the West is to increase the interconnectedness of physicians, furthering the transfer of information and thus reducing variation.

Keywords: USA; Practice variation; Diffusion; Peer effects; Adoption; Innovations; Utilization; Cardiologists; Physicians (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.041

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