The impact of the introduction of market incentives on occupational health services and occupational health professionals: Experiences from The Netherlands

Health Policy

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-37

  Plomp, Harmen Nico ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Ethics; Health and safety policy; Market incentive; Occupational health services; Professional associations; Professionalism; Professionalization

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INTERVIEW; MARKETING; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PERSONNEL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 50149116776     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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