Assessing primary care in Austria: Room for improvement

Family Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-189

  Stigler, Florian L ^a   Starfield, Barbara ^b   Sprenger, Martin ^c   Salzer, Helmut J F ^a   Campbell, Stephen M ^d  

^a Head of Association of Young General Practitioners of Austria   (Austria)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Austria; Health reform; Health system assessment; International comparisons; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

AUSTRIA; BENCHMARKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84875622750     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cms067     Document Type: Article

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