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100	1		_aFuchs, Victor R.
245	1	4	_aThe Supply of Surgeons and the Demand for Operations / _cVictor R. Fuchs.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c1978.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations (black and white);
490	1		_aNBER working paper series _vno. w0236
500			_aMarch 1978.
520	3		_aThis paper presents a multi-equation multivariate analysis of differences in the supply of surgeons and the demand for operations across geographical areas of the United States in 1963 and 1970. The results provide considerable support for the hypothesis that surgeons shift the demand for operations. Other things equal, a 10 percent increase in the surgeon/population ratio results in about a 3 percent increase in per capita utilization. Moreover, differences in supply seem to have a perverse effect on fees, raising them when the surgeon/population ratio increases. Surgeon supply is in part determined by factors unrelated to demand, especially by the attractiveness of the area as a place to live.
530			_aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588	0		_aPrint version record
710	2		_aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830		0	_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w0236.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w0236
856			_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w0236
942			_2ddc _cW-PAPER
999			_c348379 _d306941