Determinants of patient choice of healthcare providers: A scoping review

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Victoor, Aafke ^a,b   Delnoij, Diana Mj ^c,d   Friele, Roland D ^a,b,c   Rademakers, Jany Jdjm ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Centre for Consumer Experience in Health Care (CKZ)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choice behavior; Healthcare providers; Healthcare reform; Patient freedom of choice laws; Patient satisfaction; Quality indicators; Quality of healthcare; Review literature

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84865291393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-272     Document Type: Review

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