A comparison of the workload of rural and urban primary care physicians in Germany: Analysis of a questionnaire survey

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Steinhaeuser, Jost ^a   Joos, Stefanie ^a   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^a   Miksch, Antje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Physician Shortage; Primary Care; Rural Area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 80053643904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-112     Document Type: Article

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