Private or public? An empirical analysis of the importance of work values for work sector choice among Norwegian medical specialists

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1265-1277

  Midttun, Linda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Health Organisation Research Norway (HORN)   (Norway)

Author keywords

Multilevel analysis; Norway; Physicians; Private specialized care; Sector choice; Work values

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; MEDICINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33847159198     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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