Sustaining medicare through consumer choice of health funds: Lessons from the Netherlands

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-32

  Stoelwinder, Johannes U ^a   Paolucci, Francesco ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NETHERLANDS; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ECONOMICS; FEE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 69249234756     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02671.x     Document Type: Article

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