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  • David Cutler, Jonathan Skinner, Ariel Dora Stern, and David Wennberg, "Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending," NBER Working Paper 19320 (2013), https://doi.org/10.3386/w19320.

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David Cutler & Jonathan S. Skinner & Ariel Dora Stern & David Wennberg, 2019. "Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, vol 11(1), pages 192-221. citation courtesy of

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