Primary care physician supply and other key determinants of health care utilisation: The case of Switzerland

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Busato, André ^a   Künzi, Beat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Swisspep Institute for Quality and Research in Healthcare   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SWITZERLAND; ADULT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MANPOWER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 39049086241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-8     Document Type: Article

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