Does patients’ choice of health centre doctor depend on the organization? A comparative study of four municipalities with different forms of service provision in Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 715-723

  Laamanen, Ritva ^a   Simonsen Rehn, Nina ^a   Suominen, Sakari ^b   Brommels, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Choice of health centre physician; non profit organization; physician visits; public organizations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649279386     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810379169     Document Type: Article

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