Discussing Medicare physician productivity and the exploratory analysis.
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.
Dyckman
Zachary
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Dyckman and Associates, Washington, DC 20036, USA. zach@dyckmanassociates.com
Harper
Michael
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McMenamin
Peter
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D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D004526:Efficiency; D005249:Fees and Charges; D006278:Medicare; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States