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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2016 Feb 18;47:64–80. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2016.01.013

Table 5a.

Distributions of provider responsiveness (Beta) and aggressiveness (Alpha) across patients.

Patient Percentile Responsiveness (Beta) Aggressiveness (Alpha)
1% −0.216 −2.386
5% 0.284 −1.278
10% 0.482 −0.818
25% 0.729 −0.354
50% 0.926 0.054
75% 1.106 0.464
90% 1.319 0.946
95% 1.500 1.412
99% 2.073 2.621
N 658,553 658,553

Note: For each provider, we estimate a model for every three years of our sample period and obtain an estimate of alpha and beta.