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A Problem with Consumer Surplus Measures of the Cost of Practice Variations, Journal of Health Economics
Abstract
Estimates of the surplus loss due to physician practice variation measure the area under the 'shifted' demand curve. This method is valid only if the unshifted demand curve is derived from the distribution of true (ex post) values of care. If the unshifted demand curve does not reflect the true value of care, then the traditional methods of measuring surplus loss can be seriously biased.
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Date Published
1995
Citations
Dranove, David. 1995. A Problem with Consumer Surplus Measures of the Cost of Practice Variations. Journal of Health Economics.(2): 243-251.
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