期刊名称：Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics / Department of Economic Studies, University of Dundee
印刷版ISSN：1473-236X
出版年度：2008
卷号：1
出版社：Dundee University
摘要：The extent to which remuneration systems affect the behaviour of health care professionals is
of considerable importance in the administration of publicly funded heath care systems.
Using data across two jurisdictions in the United Kingdom, in only one of which
remuneration was changed, we compare the extent of measured dental activity at the dentist
level in order to ascertain the impact of moving to activity-based remuneration. We find that
there are large and statistically significant increases in activity as dentists moved to the
activity-based system and that a dentist’s previous form of contract is an important
determinant of the magnitude of the effect. We also explore the extent to which dentists’
professional attitudes can explain differences in their activity and find that some aspects of
self-reported attitudes are associated with observable differences in activity.
