Economic motives and professional norms: The case of general medical practice

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 447-470

  Iversen, Tor ^a   Lurås, Hilde ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capitation; Economic motives; General practice; H42; I11; I18; Patient shortage; Professional norms; Service provision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041491341     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(00)00130-x     Document Type: Article

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