Can vouchers make a difference to the use of private primary care services by older people? Experience from the healthcare reform programme in Hong Kong

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yam, Carrie Hk ^a   Liu, Su ^a   Huang, Olivia Hy ^a   Yeoh, Ek ^a   Griffiths, Sian M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80053538369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-255     Document Type: Article

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