Impact of national health care systems on patient evaluations of general practice in Europe

Health Policy

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 353-357

  Wensing, Michel ^a,c   Baker, Richard ^b   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^c   Grol, Richard ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

General practice; Health care systems; Health policy; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; EUROPE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EUROPE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; GATEKEEPING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; ISRAEL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2042482771     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2003.10.010     Document Type: Article

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