Are physicians willing to ration health care? Conflicting findings in a systematic review of survey research

Health Policy

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 113-124

  Strech, Daniel ^a,b   Persad, Govind ^b   Marckmann, Georg ^c   Danis, Marion ^b  

^a Centre of Public Health and Healthcare   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bedside rationing; Bioethics; Healthcare rationing; Physicians' attitudes; Survey research; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMBIVALENCE; CINAHL; EMBASE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 63749115836     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.10.013     Document Type: Review

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