Determinants of PHC productivity and resource utilization: A comparison of public and private physicians in Macedonia

Health Policy

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-96

  Nordyke, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Incentives; Primary care; Public private provision; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MARKET; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SKILL; WORKLOAD;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036176502     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(01)00192-0     Document Type: Article

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