2020
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-8641555
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Ideological Sorting of Physicians in Both Geography and the Workplace

Abstract: Context: The distribution of physicians across geography and employers has important implications for the delivery of medical services. This study examines how the political beliefs of physicians influence their decisions about where to live and work. Methods: Physician relocation and employment patterns are analyzed using a panel constructed from the National Provider Information (NPI) directory. Data on political donations are used to measure the political preferences of physicians. … Show more

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“…Larsen and Perera apply different lenses to the policy preferences of associations and the factors shaping these 3. One potentially fruitful area of research to which observational studies of physician associations might contribute is the growing body of research examining the influence of partisanship on physicians (Bonica et al 2020;Bonica, Rosenthal, and Rothman 2014;Hersh 2019;Hersh and Goldenberg 2016;Jena et al 2018), including how this relates to physician associations (Bernstein, Barsky, and Powell 2015; Perera, this issue). In the US, physicians, historically a conservative leaning group, are increasingly identifying as Democrats (Sanger-Katz 2016).…”
Section: The Special Sectionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Larsen and Perera apply different lenses to the policy preferences of associations and the factors shaping these 3. One potentially fruitful area of research to which observational studies of physician associations might contribute is the growing body of research examining the influence of partisanship on physicians (Bonica et al 2020;Bonica, Rosenthal, and Rothman 2014;Hersh 2019;Hersh and Goldenberg 2016;Jena et al 2018), including how this relates to physician associations (Bernstein, Barsky, and Powell 2015; Perera, this issue). In the US, physicians, historically a conservative leaning group, are increasingly identifying as Democrats (Sanger-Katz 2016).…”
Section: The Special Sectionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Future work should further investigate whether alignment of firm and employee donations is caused by self-selection into aligned companies or employees changing donation allocations. While the results in this article cannot be explained by geographic colocation and self-selection, recent work shows that physicians self-select into places with more ideological fit and leave workplaces with noncopartisan coworkers (Bonica et al 2021). One possible future research project could be to match individual donor data from the FEC to high-quality voter registration files.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…Recent work by McConnell et al (2018) shows that individuals prefer working for copartisan employers and might even request lower wages from copartisans. Bonica et al (2021) show that physicians in the US sort into ideologically similar locations and workplaces after their residency. This suggests that donations would be mostly related to the geographic location of politicians and companies.…”
Section: Employee and Corporate Motivations For Political Donationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the 2011-2012 election cycle, physician contributions to Republican candidates were much higher among men compared to women, surgeons compared to pediatricians, and physicians practicing in for-profit compared to not-for profit organizations-all contribution gaps that have widened since the 1990s (Bonica et al 2014). Moreover, these trends have geographic implications, as recent evidence suggests that physicians relocate to communities that fit their political ideology (Bonica et al 2020). The partisan geographic sorting of the medical profession hence could exacerbate the political fragmentation of the American health system.…”
Section: Contemporary Implications: the Us Casementioning
confidence: 99%