Travelling home for treatment and EU patients' rights to care abroad: Results of a survey among German students at Maastricht University

Health Policy

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-45

  Glinos, Irene A ^a   Doering, Nora ^a   Maarse, Hans ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross border health care; EU entitlements; Health care seeking behaviour; Location; Patient mobility; Patients' rights Directive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT RIGHT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; TRAVEL; VALIDITY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT RIGHTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TRAVEL; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84858297904     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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