Health systems and sustainability: Doctors and consumers differ on threats and solutions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Robertson, Jane ^a   Walkom, Emily J ^a   Henry, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TELEPHONE; AGED; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC OPINION;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 79955685388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019222     Document Type: Article

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