Determinants of physician participation in the medicare assignment program

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dc.contributor.authorShlifer, Marcen
dc.contributor.committeechairMeiselman, David I.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMackay, Robert J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFreiden, Alan N.en
dc.contributor.departmentEconomicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:37:41Zen
dc.date.adate2012-06-10en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:37:41Zen
dc.date.issued1988-12-15en
dc.date.rdate2012-06-10en
dc.date.sdate2012-06-10en
dc.description.abstractThe Medicare Participating Physician Program was enacted in 1984 in an effort to increase physician assignment of Medicare claims, and thereby reduce beneficiary out of-pocket expenses. The program offers the physician the security of near-certain payment on all claims, although at rates that are in many cases, at levels substantially, less than actual physician fees. This paper examines the economic factors that influence the physician's decision on participation. Physicians of the Medical Society of Prince William County, Virginia, were surveyed for information relevant to making the participation decision and the responses tabulated and used as input to a regression equation estimated using the logit technique. Physicians are more likely to participate the higher the relative price received for participating and the lower the probability of payment by Medicare-eligible patients. Additionally, salaried physicians are more likely to partiCipate than those who are self-employed.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.extentvi, 57 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06102012-040259en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06102012-040259/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/43055en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1988.S4285.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 19762140en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1988.S4285en
dc.subject.lcshMedical care, Cost ofen
dc.subject.lcshMedicareen
dc.subject.lcshPhysiciansen
dc.titleDeterminants of physician participation in the medicare assignment programen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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