Choice of primary care provider: Results from a population survey in three Swedish counties

Health Policy

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-37

  Glenngård, Anna H ^a,b   Anell, Anders ^a   Beckman, Anders ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Choice; Population preferences; Primary health care; Privatisation; Provider competition; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POPULATION; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054790377     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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