The relative effect of health literacy and patient activation on provider choice in the Netherlands

Health Policy

Volumn 114, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 200-206

  Rademakers, Jany ^a   Nijman, Jessica ^a   Brabers, Anne E M ^a   de Jong, Judith D ^a   Hendriks, Michelle ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Inequity; Patient activation; Provider choice

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PROVIDER CHOICE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT RIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84892680555     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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