Efficiency of GP practices in Switzerland;Effizienz von allgemeinarztpraxen in der Schweiz

Gesundheitswesen

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-111

  Werblow, Andreas ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Managed care; Primary care physician; Stochastic frontier analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEGLECT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SWITZERLAND;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 15244344793     PISSN: 09413790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-857895     Document Type: Article

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