Introducing co-payment for consulting specialist services

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 558-562

  Vardy, Daniel A ^a,b   Freud, Tami ^b   Shvartzman, Pesach ^a,b   Sherf, Michael ^a   Spilberg, Ofer ^c   Goldfarb, Dan ^a   Mor Yosef, Shlomo ^d  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ambulatory specialist services; Co payment; Cost sharing; Low socioeconomic population; National Health Insurance Law

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; CHILD; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33748870783     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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