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What factors influence primary care physicians' charges for their services? An exploratory study using standardized patients.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent of variation in physicians' charges for health care encounters with unannounced standardized patients and factors associated with the variation. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study.

Authors

Woodward CA; Hutchison B; Norman GR; Brown JA; Abelson J

Journal

Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 158, No. 2, pp. 197–202

Publication Date

January 27, 1998

ISSN

0820-3946