Medical students knowledge and attitudes towards costs of tests and treatments

Harefuah

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-25

  Toker, Asaf ^a,b   Reuveni, Haim ^a,b   Perry, Zvi H ^a   Doron, Yariv ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cost; Curricula; Health expenses; Medical students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT;

COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33847709154     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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