Consultation charges in Ireland deter a large proportion of patients from seeing the GP: Results of a cross-sectional survey

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 231-236

  O'Reilly, Dermot ^a   O'Dowd, Tom ^c   Galway, Karen J ^a   Murphy, Andrew W ^b   O'Neill, Ciaran ^d   Shryane, Ethna ^b   Steele, Keith ^a   Bury, Gerry ^e   Gilliland, Andrew ^a   Kelly, Alan ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Co payments; Consultation charges; Cost avoidance; General practice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; IRELAND; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 36549025912     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780701815082     Document Type: Article

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