caa a22 4500 606167595 CHVBK 20210128100703.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10754-015-9164-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10754-015-9164-2 The effect of physician remuneration on regional variation in hospital treatments [Elektronische Daten] [Rudy Douven, Remco Mocking, Ilaria Mosca] We study medical practice variations for nine hospital treatments in the Netherlands. Our panel data estimations include various control factors and physician's role to explain hospital treatments in about 3,000 Dutch zip code regions over the period 2006-2009. In particular, we exploit the physicians' remuneration difference—fee-for-service (FFS) versus salary—to explain the effect of financial incentives on medical production. We find that utilization rates are higher in geographical areas where more patients are treated by physicians that are paid FFS. This effect is strong for supply sensitive treatments, such as cataracts and tonsillectomies, while we do not find an effect for non-supply sensitive treatments, such as hip fractures. The Author(s), 2015 Medical practice variations nationallicence Financial incentives nationallicence Hospital treatments nationallicence Remuneration regulations nationallicence Douven Rudy CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, P.O. Box 80510, 2508 GM, The Hague, The Netherlands aut Mocking Remco CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, P.O. Box 80510, 2508 GM, The Hague, The Netherlands aut Mosca Ilaria Ecorys Netherlands, P.O. Box 4175, 3006 AD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut International Journal of Health Economics and Management Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/2(2015-06-01), 215-240 2199-9023 15:2<215 2015 15 10754 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-015-9164-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-015-9164-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Douven Rudy CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, P.O. Box 80510, 2508 GM, The Hague, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mocking Remco CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, P.O. Box 80510, 2508 GM, The Hague, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mosca Ilaria Ecorys Netherlands, P.O. Box 4175, 3006 AD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Health Economics and Management Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/2(2015-06-01), 215-240 2199-9023 15:2<215 2015 15 10754