Time costs of waiting, doctor-shopping and private-public sector imbalance: Microdata evidence from Hong Kong

Health Policy

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Leung, Gabriel Matthew ^a,b   Yeung, Raymond Yue Ting ^a,b   Wong, Irene Oi Ling ^a   Castan Cameo, Susana ^a   Johnston, Janice Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Mixed medical economy; Waiting time; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 32644487776     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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