Replication data for: The Evolution of Physician Practice Styles: Evidence from Cardiologist Migration

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) David Molitor

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Project Citation: 

Molitor, David. Replication data for: The Evolution of Physician Practice Styles: Evidence from Cardiologist Migration. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114694V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Physician treatment choices for observably similar patients vary dramatically across regions. This paper exploits cardiologist migration to disentangle the role of physician-specific factors such as preferences and learned behavior versus environment-level factors such as hospital capacity and productivity spillovers on physician behavior. Physicians starting in the same region and subsequently moving to dissimilar regions practice similarly before the move. After the move, physician behavior in the first year changes by 0.6–0.8 percentage points for each percentage point change in practice environment, with no further changes over time. This suggests environment factors explain between 60–80 percent of regional disparities in physician behavior.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Physician behavior; movers design
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
      I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
      I12 Health Behavior
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/1998 – 12/31/2012
Universe:  View help for Universe 100 percent sample of traditional (fee-for-service) Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with a new heart attack
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; geographic information system (GIS) data; medical records

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Medicare
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Physician and patient treatment episode,

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