The decline in bulk-billing and increase in out-of-pocket costs for general practice consultations in rural areas of Australia, 1995-2001

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 122-126

  Young, Anne F ^b   Dobson, Annette J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ACCOUNTING; AMBULATORY CARE; COST; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT CREDIT AND COLLECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0037867668     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05102.x     Document Type: Article

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