Health care in the Netherlands

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Van Weel, Chris ^a   Schers, Henk ^a   Timmermans, Arno ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DUTCH COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health care reform; Integrated health care systems; Netherlands; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84863191343     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.02.110212     Document Type: Review

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