title: Discussing Medicare physician productivity and the exploratory analysis.
abstract: This article provides comments of three conference panel members on the analyses of the productivity adjustment used in the Medicare Economic Index (MEI), and on exploratory estimates of physician-specific productivity measures. Each has a different background and perspective.
authors.affiliation: Dyckman and Associates, Washington, DC 20036, USA. zach@dyckmanassociates.com
authors.forename: Zachary
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dyckman
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McMenamin
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D004526:Efficiency; D005249:Fees and Charges; D006278:Medicare; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States