Family practitioners' remuneration and patterns of care - Does social class matter?

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-79

  Donner Banzhoff, Norbert ^a   Kreienbrock, Lothar ^b   Katic, Marko ^c   Baum, Erika ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CAPITATION FEE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEE SCHEDULES; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0031953995     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01359227     Document Type: Article

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