Ecology of medical care in a publicly funded health care system: A registry study in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 187-192

  Ferro, Alberto ^a   Kristiansson, Per M D ^a,b  

^a SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; health services research; medical ecology; resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGISTRIES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 80052747947     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2011.585546     Document Type: Conference Paper

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