Evaluation of primary health care reform in Estonia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2461-2466

  Koppel, Agris ^a   Meiesaar, Kersti ^a   Valtonen, Hannu ^b   Metsa, Andrus ^c   Lember, Margus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Estonia; Evaluation; Primary health care reform; Set of indicators

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFORM PROCESS;

ARTICLE; EMPIRICISM; ESTONIA; EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ESTONIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FINANCIAL AUDIT; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; OFFICE VISITS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

ESTONIA;

EID: 0037692901     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00280-0     Document Type: Article

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