Organizational and physician characteristics predicting practice style: A study of outpatient care in a large group practice

This dissertation examines the impact of non-clinical factors on physician practice styles in a large group practice. I compared the outpatient resources used for HMO vs. FFS patients during episodes of acute illness when the HMO and FFS patients being compared were treated by the same physicians. I also examined whether the setting--a free-standing branch clinic or the hospital-based main clinic--where physicians practiced lead to different styles of care. In both sets of analyses, I used extensive controls for clinical factors and a variety of non-clinical factors including physician specialty and organizational factors.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology, General

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Fremont, Allen Martin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Flood, Ann Barry

• Sociology, General
• Health Sciences, Health Care Management

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1993 Fremont, Allen Martin

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9329031
(UMI)AAI9329031

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20343