Economic efficiency of gatekeeping compared with fee for service plans: A Swiss example

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-30

  Schwenkglenks, Matthias ^a,b   Preiswerk, Georges ^c   Lehner, Roman ^d   Weber, Fritz ^d   Szucs, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SanaCare AG   (Switzerland)

^d Office Based Physicians   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; HEALTH CARE; SERVICE PROVISION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND; CAPITATION FEE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPITATION FEE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; GATEKEEPING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; INSURANCE, PHYSICIAN SERVICES; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 29744437709     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.038240     Document Type: Article

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