The preferred doctor scheme: A political reading of a French experiment of Gate-keeping

Health Policy

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-134

  Dourgnon, Paul ^a   Naiditch, Michel ^a,b  

^a IRDES   (France)

^b University Denis Diderot   (France)

Author keywords

Evaluation studies; Gate keeping; Health care reform

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FRANCE; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DATA COLLECTION; FRANCE; GATEKEEPING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; POLITICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 73949155781     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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