Gender-related differences in the organization and provision of services among general practitioners in Europe: A signal to health care planners

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 993-1002

  Boerma, Wienke G W ^a   Van Den Brink Muinen, Atie ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practice; Health care system; International comparison; Physician gender; Primary care; Task performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GATEKEEPING; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034293181     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200010000-00003     Document Type: Article

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