Old Boys’ Network in General Practitioner’s Referral Behavior
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- Hackl, Franz & Hummer, Michael & Pruckner, Gerald J., 2015. "Old boys’ network in general practitioners’ referral behavior?," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 56-73.
- Franz Hackl & Michael Hummer & Gerald Pruckner, 2013. "Old Boys’ Network in General Practitioner’s Referral Behavior," NRN working papers 2013-08, The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
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Referral behavior; general practitioners; information asymmetry; social networks;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
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