Monitoring quality in Israeli primary care: The primary care physicians' perspective

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nissanholtz Gannot, Rachel ^a,b   Rosen, Bruce ^a   Aviram, Alik ^c   Cohen, Arnon ^d   Horev, Tuvia ^h   Lev, Boaz ^h   Littman, Gordon ^h   Litvak, Ziva ^h   Matz, Eran ^c   Nelson, Eliana Meirowitz ^e   Rosenblum, Joseph ^f   Shmueli, Amir ^h   Tabenkin, Hava ^h   Wilf Miron, Rachel ^d   Vinker, Shlomo ^g  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research   (Israel)

^d CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^e Myers JDC Brookdale Institute   (Israel)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^g MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^h Maccabi Healthcare Services ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COMPETITION; COOPERATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ISRAEL; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAINING; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84908697091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20454015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-4015-1-26     Document Type: Article

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