Public and private patients in Jerusalem hospitals: Who operates on whom?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 270-276

  Ofer, Gur ^a   Rosen, Bruce ^b   Greenstein, Miriam ^b   Benbassat, Jochanan ^b   Halevy, Jonathan ^c   Shapira, Shmuel ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Equity; Private medical care; Seniority; SHARAP; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON;

DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33646019223     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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