Market conditions and general practitioners' referrals

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 245-265

  Iversen, Tor ^a   Ma, Ching to Albert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Physician; Profit motive; Radiology; Referral; Service motive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RADIOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CAPITATION FEE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOLOGY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 80255130602     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-011-9101-y     Document Type: Article

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