Satisfaction with and access to community care of the chronically ill in Israel's health system

Health Policy

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-136

  Bentur, Netta ^a   Gross, Revital ^a,b   Brammli Greenberg, Shuli ^a  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronically ill; Co payments; Health reform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; LAW; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0346056960     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(03)00086-1     Document Type: Article

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