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PMID: 21095034 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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We address models that can explain why expert patients (obstetricians, midwives and doctors) are treated better than non-experts (mainly non-medical training). Models of statistical discrimination show that benevolent doctors treat expert patients better, since experts are better at communicating with the doctor. Agency theory suggests that doctors have an incentive to limit hospital costs by distorting information to non-expert patients, but not to expert patients. The hypotheses were tested on a large set of data, which contained information about the highest education of the parents, and detailed medical information about all births in Norway during the period 1967-2005 (Medical Birth Registry). The empirical analyses show that expert parents have a higher rate of Caesarean section than non-expert parents. The educational disparities were considerable 40 years ago, but have become markedly less over time. The analyses provide support for statistical discrimination theory, though agency theory cannot be totally excluded. |
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Jostein Grytten; Irene Skau; Rune Sørensen |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-10-16 |
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Title: Journal of health economics Volume: 30 ISSN: 1879-1646 ISO Abbreviation: J Health Econ Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2011-02-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8410622 Medline TA: J Health Econ Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 163-80 Citation Subset: H |
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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University of Oslo, Norway; Akershus University Hospital, Norway. |
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