Relative inefficiencies in production between solo and group practice physicians
使用随机生产前沿估计方法，比较个体执业医生与团体执业医生在医疗服务生产中的相对效率，发现两者面临不同的行为和生产约束，效率高低需实证检验。
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.