Using artefactual field and lab experiments to investigate how fee-for-service and capitation affect medical service provision

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Year: 2016
Volume: 131
Issue: PB
Pages: 17-23

Authors (4)

Brosig-Koch, Jeannette (not in RePEc) Hennig-Schmidt, Heike (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-...) Kairies-Schwarz, Nadja (not in RePEc) Wiesen, Daniel (Universität zu Köln)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We analyze how physicians, medical students, and non-medical students respond to financial incentives from fee-for-service and capitation. We employ a series of artefactual field and conventional lab experiments framed in a physician decision-making context. Physicians, participating in the field, and medical and non-medical students, participating in lab experiments, respond to the incentives in a consistent way: Significantly more medical services are provided under fee-for-service compared to capitation. The intensity by which subjects respond to incentives, however, differs by subject pool. Our findings are robust regarding subjects’ gender, age, and personality traits.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jeborg:v:131:y:2016:i:pb:p:17-23
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-29