title: Relative inefficiencies in production between solo and group practice physicians.
abstract: Health economists have hypothesized for some time that physicians produce medical care in an inefficient manner. Further, whether solo or group practice physicians are relatively more inefficient has been a question of particular interest. Theoretical considerations suggest that solo and group practice physicians face different behavioural and production constraints, implying that they may produce care at different levels of efficiency; which is more efficient is an empirical question. We employed stochastic production frontier estimation to address this issue.
authors.affiliation: Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire, Durham 03824, USA.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Defelice
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Bradford
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D017059:Models, Econometric; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011331:Private Practice / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D014481:United States