Needs-based primary medical care capitation: Development and evaluation of alternative approaches

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-99

  Hutchison, Brian ^a   Hurley, Jeremiah ^a   Birch, Stephen ^a   Lomas, Jonathan ^a   Walter, Stephen D ^b   Eyles, John ^b   Stratford Devai, Fawne ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAPITATION FEE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPITATION FEE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONTARIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034137033     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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