Different modes of hospital-physician relationships ▣Modes: a“Physicians'workbench”(Majority in US) Physicians not directly employed by hospital ▣Direct employees(UK NHS;US“hospitalists”) Physician-owned hospitals(Japan;US) Tradeoffs between the different modes: o Physician loyalty to hospital or the patient? o Doctors without connection to the hospital may overuse hospital resources Bhattacharya,Hyde and Tu-HealthEconomicsBhattacharya, Hyde and Tu – Health Economics Different modes of hospital-physician relationships  Modes:  “Physicians’workbench” (Majority in US) ◼ Physicians not directly employed by hospital  Direct employees (UK NHS; US “hospitalists”)  Physician-owned hospitals (Japan; US) Tradeoffs between the different modes: o Physician loyalty to hospital or the patient? o Doctors without connection to the hospital may overuse hospital resources