Making sense of delays in outpatient specialty care: A system perspective

Health Policy

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-52

  Rouppe van der Voort, Marc M B V ^a   van Merode, Frits G G ^b   Berden, Bart H J J M ^c  

^a TweeSteden Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Access to healthcare; Hospital outpatient clinics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DERMATOLOGY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; NEUROLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AMBULATORY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MEDICINE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

AMBULATORY CARE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICINE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77955086451     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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