Supplier-induced demand: Reconsidering the theories and new Australian evidence

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-98

  Richardson, Jeffrey R J ^a   Peacock, Stuart J ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33747081943     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11755652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148365-200605020-00003     Document Type: Review

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