Patient reactions to hospital choice in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-152

  Vrangbæk, Karsten ^a   Østergren, Katarina ^b   Birk, Hans Okkels ^a   Winblad, Ulrika ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; NORWAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SWEDEN; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MOTIVATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGISTER; SCANDINAVIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REGISTRIES; SCANDINAVIA; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 40449134642     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S174413310700401X     Document Type: Article

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