… We measure out-of-hospital physician visits separately for GPs and specialists. Respondents
answered two distinct questions on how many times they had consulted a GP and a …

… unregulated private feesetting environment in Australia include price discrimination in some
specialist … and their families to better understand and plan for expenses should be explored. …

… providers to set their own fees and generate profits, a practice … Previous research has also
shown that in an unregulated fee … selection of specialists to choose from. Likewise, the hospital …

… We study unregulated physician fees in response to lower … We assume that the physician
is able to influence both fees and … In our sample of specialist physicians, many would have a …

… , fees are unregulated, and physicians are free to charge any … We have not used other
independent variables in estimating … of government policy and market interactions, this presents a …

… Compared to other medical specialists' fees, our findings show that ophthalmologists …
Bleeding hearts, profiteers, or both specialist physician fees in an unregulated market. Health …

… The aim of our study was two-fold. Firstly, we sought to … providers ‘market power’, and if they
care about profits (this will … pile of hospital bills and doctor’s fees on top of that.” (Surgeon 11) …

… help guide patients and their general practitioner when choosing a specialist, we report the
first … more than two fees, as well as what drives the differences of fees across locations for the …

… are rising, provider profits are declining, and both patients and … the marketplace, so much
that no one sees a real price for … has access to a mostly unregulated industry. The country even …

… ED fees and charges have long been unregulated, and EDs … by simply claiming a specialized
ED response was necessary … physicians are being trained in situations where profits can …