Which factors decided general practitioners choice of hospital on behalf of their patients in an area with free choice of public hospital? A questionnaire study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Birk, Hans O ^a,b   Henriksen, Lars O ^a  

^a Quality and Development   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; PROXY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861369548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-126     Document Type: Article

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