The effect of private insurance access on the choice of GP/specialist and public/private provider in Spain

Health Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 689-703

  Rodríguez, Marisol ^a   Stoyanova, Alexandrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GP visits; Private insurance; Public insurance; Spain; Specialists visits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

EID: 4344685090     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.832     Document Type: Article

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