The experience of implementing choice at point of referral: A comparison of the Netherlands and England

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-317

  Dixon, Anna ^a   Robertson, Ruth ^a   Bal, Roland ^b  

^a Kings Fund ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NETHERLANDS; ONLINE MONITORING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICINE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 77955903920     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133110000058     Document Type: Article

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