Access points to the different levels of health care and demographic predictors in a country without a gatekeeping system. Results of a cross-sectional study from Austria

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 933-939

  Hoffmann, Kathryn ^a   Stein, K Viktoria ^a   Maier, Manfred ^a   Rieder, Anita ^a   Dorner, Thomas E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GATEKEEPING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881286025     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt008     Document Type: Article

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