Will german patients accept their family physician as a gatekeeper?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 496-502

  Himmel, Wolfgang ^a   Dieterich, Anja ^a   Kochen, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer satisfaction; Doctor patient relations; Family practice; Health care reform; Managed care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GATEKEEPING; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033875488     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2000.10016.x     Document Type: Article

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