Orthopedic surgeons' and neurologists' attitudes towards second opinions in the Israeli healthcare system: A qualitative study

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Greenfield, Geva ^a,b   Pliskin, Joseph S ^b   Wientroub, Shlomo ^c   Davidovitch, Nadav ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health policy; Inequalities; Private medicine; Public medicine; Qualitative research; Second opinion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGIST; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84879035408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20454015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-4015-1-30     Document Type: Article

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