| Abstract: | This article presents an analysis of the effects restructuring in the health care sector is likely to have on the economic
conditions of black physicians. The model presented of the physicians’ services market is one in which black physicians, because
of perceived quality differences and patient preferences, are relegated to servicing the lowest income clients and those with
the lowest quality insurance. It is argued that the physician surplus, the growth in the uninsured, and the increasing competition
by large group practices, outpatient-care facilities, and HMOs will place additional pressure on black physicians. |
