Payments and quality of care in private for-profit and public hospitals in Greece

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kondilis, Elias ^a   Gavana, Magda ^a   Giannakopoulos, Stathis ^a   Smyrnakis, Emmanouil ^a   Dombros, Nikolaos ^a   Benos, Alexis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH FACILITIES, PROPRIETARY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80053172946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-234     Document Type: Article

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