Priority-setting in Finnish healthcare

Health Policy

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 143-153

  Rissanen, Pekka ^a   Häkkinen, Unto ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Financing; Finland; Healthcare; Incentives; Priority setting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INCENTIVES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATE PRACTICE;

EID: 0343775758     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(99)00069-X     Document Type: Article

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