Empirical models of demand for out-patient physician services and their relevance to the assessment of patient payment policies: A critical review of the literature

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2708-2725

  Skriabikova, Olga ^a,b   Pavlova, Milena ^a   Groot, Wim ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demand modeling; Out patient physician services; Patient payments; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 77954774103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7062708     Document Type: Review

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