A co-payment for consultant services: Primary care physicians' referral actualization

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-41

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

^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

Co payment; Consultation; Exemption; Health services use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COST SHARING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 38048999176     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-007-9105-9     Document Type: Article

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