Physician Characteristics and Patient Survival: Evidence from Physician Availability

I thank Charlie Brown, Michele Belot, Janet Currie, Gordon Dahl, Francesco Decarolis, David Dranove, Andrea Ichino, Chris Knittel, Steven Levitt, Bentley MacLeod, Doug Miller, Kevin Murphy, Mel Stephens, Tavneet Suri, and seminar participants at the Bocconi University, Cornell University, European University Institute, University of Bologna, Ca'Forsci University, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Georgetown University, Paris School of Economics, Prague University of Economics, University of Bergen, University of Copenhagen, University of California at San Diego, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Verona, University of Virginia, University of Zurich, for helpful suggestions. I thank Mauricio Caceres and Kyle Barron for excellent research assistance. I gratefully acknowledge support from the National Institutes of Health R01 AG041974. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.