Client perceptions of the performance of public and independent not-for-profit primary healthcare

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 598-608

  Laamanen, Ritva ^a   Simonsen Rehn, Nina ^a   Øvretveit, John ^b   Sundell, Jari ^c   Suominen, Sakari ^d   Brommels, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acceptance; independent not for profit organization; performance; primary health care; trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRUST;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST;

EID: 33751545200     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940600585820     Document Type: Article

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