Patient choice and access to primary physician services in Norway

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-27

  Grytten, Jostein ^a   Sørensen, Rune J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; NORWAY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 62649090277     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133108004623     Document Type: Article

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