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More physicians: improved availability or induced demand?

F Carlsen¹, J Grytten

¹Department of Economics, NTNU, Dragvoll, Norway. Fredrik.Carlsen@sv.ntnu.no

Health Economics

|November 11, 1998

Summary

This study found no evidence of physician inducement driving medical service utilization in Norway. Physician supply, not inducement, appears to influence patient visits and lab services.

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Area of Science:

Health Economics
Medical Services Research
Public Health Policy

Background:

Empirical studies suggest a negative association between population:physician ratio and medical service utilization.
The drivers of this association, such as supplier-inducement, price effects, health status, or availability, remain unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

To distinguish between supplier-inducement and availability effects on medical service utilization in Norway.
To investigate the relationship between population:physician ratio and the number of patient visits and laboratory services.

Main Methods:

Applied a theoretical model differentiating inducement and availability effects.
Utilized cross-sectional data on patient visits and laboratory tests for Norwegian primary care physicians.
Employed an instrumental variable approach to address potential endogeneity of the population:physician ratio.

Main Results:

No evidence of supplier-inducement was found to influence the number of patient visits.
No evidence of supplier-inducement was found regarding the provision of laboratory services.
The study suggests that physician supply, rather than inducement, may explain the observed correlation.

Conclusions:

The findings do not support the hypothesis of supplier-inducement in the Norwegian primary care setting.
The study contributes to understanding the complex relationship between physician supply and healthcare utilization.

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