A Comparison of US and Canadian Family Physician Attitudes Toward Their Respective Health-Care Systems

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 837-844

  Scanlan, Amy ^a   Zyzanski, Stephen J ^a   Flocke, Susan A ^a   Stange, Kurt C ^a,b   Grava Gubins, Inese ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Coll of Family Physicians of Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Health care policy; Health care system; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE-PAYER SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030213573     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199608000-00010     Document Type: Review

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