Overview
This is the guide for Module 2, which covers issues related to physician agency and treatment decisions.
Learning objectives
- Synthesize the literature on physician agency
- Describe the physician fee schedule and how Medicare pays for Part B services
- Implement IV estimators and explain potential barriers to IV in practice
- Analyze real data on physician behaviors and practice characteristics using publicly available data sources
Causal inference topics
- Instrumental variables and required assumptions
- IV and local average treatment effects
- Bartik and shift-share instruments