What's the effect of the implementation of general practitioner cooperatives on caseload? Prospective intervention study on primary and secondary care

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Philips, Hilde ^a   Remmen, Roy ^a   Van Royen, Paul ^a   Teblick, Marc ^b   Geudens, Leo ^b   Bronckaers, Marc ^c   Meeuwis, Herman ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Huisartsenvereniging Regio Turnhout (HVRT)   (Belgium)

^c Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint Jozef   (Belgium)

^d Sint Elisabethziekenhuis Turnhout   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; BELGIUM; CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955067614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-222     Document Type: Article

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