Estimating differences between male and female physician service provision using panel data
利用加拿大1989-1998年按服务收费的医生行政数据，估计女性医生比例上升对总医疗服务产出的影响，发现女性医生在几乎所有专业和省份提供的服务少于男性，可能预示未来医疗服务总量减少。
Using panel data, we estimate the impact of an increasing share of female physicians on the total output of Canadian physicians. A micro-econometric model is developed specifically for the Canadian context and estimated using administrative data on all Canadian physicians paid on a fee-for-service basis from 1989 to 1998. Our results suggest that female physicians systematically provide fewer services than their male counterparts for almost all specialties and provinces studied. Given that females account for an increasing share of the physician population and that female physicians provide, on average, fewer services, potentially important future reductions in total health-care service provision are likely.