Determinants of Increases in Medicare Expenditures for Physicians' Services

	About this book
	AHRQ Technical Reviews and Summaries
	7. Determinants of Increases in Medicare Expenditures for Physicians' Services
	Preface
	Summary
	Chapter 1. Introduction
	Chapter 2. Historical Trends in Medicare Expenditure Growth
	Chapter 3: Decomposing the Change in Medicare Expenditures for Physicians' Services
	Chapter 4. Limitations
	Chapter 5. Conclusions
	References
	Tables
	Appendix A. Payment for Physicians' Services Under the Resource Based Relative Value Scale
	Appendix B. 1993 OLS Model Estimation Results
	Appendix C. 1993 Two-part Model Estimation Results
	Appendix D. Actual Characteristics of the 1993 FFS, 1993 HMO, 1998 FFS, and 1998 HMO Samples
	Appendix E. Total Actual RVU Use by Beneficiary Age/Gender Categories, 1993 and 1998
	Appendix F. Legislative Changes to Prices and Coverage, 1994-1998
	Exhibit A

7. Determinants of Increases in Medicare Expenditures for Physicians' Services

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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Contract No. 290-97-0001

Prepared by:

Southern California-RAND Evidence-Based Practice Center, Santa Monica, CA

Paul Shekelle, M.D., Ph.D.

Program Director

Sally Morton, Ph.D.

Program Co-Director



Task Order Director	Paul Shekelle, M.D., Ph.D.
Task Order Co-Director	Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Ph.D.
Research Analyst	Miriam Laugesen, Ph.D.
Senior Economist	Dana Goldman, Ph.D.
Data Analyst	Hongjan Kan, M.A.
Health Economics Expert	Jose Escarce, M.D., Ph.D.
Staff Assistants	Eileen McKinnon
	Shannon Rhodes

AHRQ Publication No. 04-0008

October 2003

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Suggested Citation:

Buntin MB, Escarce J, Goldman D, et al. Determinants of Increases in Medicare Expenditures for Physicians' Services. Technical Review 7 (Prepared by Southern California-RAND Evidence-based Practice Center, under Contract No 290-97-0001). AHRQ Publication No. 04-0008. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. October 2003.

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