Service motives and profit incentives among physicians

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-57

  Godager, Geir ^a   Iversen, Tor ^a   Ma, Ching To Albert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Physician community service; Profit motive; Service motive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE PRACTICE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CAREER CHOICE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; PHYSICIANS; PRIVATE PRACTICE;

EID: 60849139062     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-008-9046-y     Document Type: Article

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