Gatekeeping and provider choice in OECD healthcare systems

Current Sociology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 489-505

  Reibling, Nadine ^a   Wendt, Claus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Access to care; gatekeeping; health reform; literature review; OECD healthcare systems; patient choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862676569     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392112438333     Document Type: Article

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