The strength of primary care in Europe: An international comparative study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 616, 2013, Pages

  Kringos, Dionne ^a   Boerma, Wienke ^b   Bourgueil, Yann ^c   Cartier, Thomas ^c   Dedeu, Toni ^d   Hasvold, Toralf ^e   Hutchinson, Allen ^f   Lember, Margus ^g   Oleszczyk, Marek ^h   Rotar Pavlic, Danica ⁱ   Svab, Igor ⁱ   Tedeschi, Paolo ^j   Wilm, Stefan ^k   Wilson, Andrew ^l   Windak, Adam ^h   Van Der Zee, Jouke ^m   Groenewegen, Peter ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Research and Information in Health Economics (IRDES)   (France)

^d IDIAP   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^h JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^j University Hospital ^*

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^m MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Benchmarking, Europe; Delivery of health care; General practice; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DENMARK; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ICELAND; LITHUANIA; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTUGAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLICATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84887290107     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13X674422     Document Type: Article

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