Lorens A Helmchen

Summary

Affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi How sensitive is physician performance to alternative compensation schedules? Evidence from a large network of primary care clinics
    Lorens A Helmchen
    School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    Health Econ 19:1300-17. 2010
  2. ncbi How does routine disclosure of medical error affect patients' propensity to sue and their assessment of provider quality? Evidence from survey data
    Lorens A Helmchen
    School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Administration, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
    Med Care 48:955-61. 2010

Detail Information

Publications2

  1. ncbi How sensitive is physician performance to alternative compensation schedules? Evidence from a large network of primary care clinics
    Lorens A Helmchen
    School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    Health Econ 19:1300-17. 2010
    ..Although patient characteristics remained unchanged, physicians increased encounters by 11 to 61%, both by increasing encounters per day and days worked at the network, and increased procedures to the maximum reimbursable level...
  2. ncbi How does routine disclosure of medical error affect patients' propensity to sue and their assessment of provider quality? Evidence from survey data
    Lorens A Helmchen
    School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Administration, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
    Med Care 48:955-61. 2010
    ..To date little is known how patients might respond to their providers' disclosure of a medical error even when paired with an offer of remediation...