The influence of local area physician supply on the dispersion of care among Medicare patients with a consistent diagnosis

The influence of local area physician supply on the dispersion of care among Medicare patients with a consistent diagnosis. Table 8. Number of physicians in the four specialty groups within 50 miles from each patient's zip code centroid (The numerator of the local physician supply measurements). Table 9. Number of patients treated by all medical physicians within 50 miles from each patient's zip code centroid (The denominator of the local physician supply measurements). Table 13. The effect of local area physician supply in four specialty categories on the number of unique physicians used in primary care physicians in the four Table 14. The effect of the local area physician supply in four specialty categories on the number of unique physicians used in oncology specialists in the four categories Table 15. The effect of local area physician supply in four specialty categories on the number of unique physicians used in surgical specialists in the four categories v Table 16. The effect of local area physician supply in four specialty categories on the number of unique physicians used in other specialists in the four categories per Table A4. The effect of local area physician supply in four specialty categories on the number of unique physicians used in primary care physicians in the four Table A5. The effect of the local area physician supply in four specialty categories on the number of unique physicians used in oncology specialists in the four categories Table A6. The effect of local area physician supply in four specialty categories on the number of unique physicians used in surgical specialists in the four categories Table A7. The effect of local area physician supply in four specialty categories on the number of unique physicians used in other specialists in the four categories per INTRODUCTION With healthcare costs increasing faster than inflation in the United States (Chernew, Hirth, & Cutler, 2003), it is expected that fewer people will be able to afford healthcare in the future without changes to the healthcare system. It has been argued that much of the healthcare utilization presently observed is unnecessary, and that a large portion of this wasteful spending can be attributed to the characteristics of local area physician supply and specialty mix arguments are based on observed positive correlations between local area health utilization and the local area supply of physicians and physician specialists 2009). Commentators have suggested that greater local area physician …