Is the role as gatekeeper still feasible? A survey among Dutch general practitioners

Family Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 538-544

  Wammes, Joost Johan Godert ^a   Jeurissen, Patrick Paulus Theodoor ^a   Verhoef, Lise Maria ^a   Assendelft, Willem J J ^a   Westert, Gert P ^a   Faber, Marjan J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; GPs; Physician's practice patterns; Primary care physicians; Primary health care; Referral and consultation

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION; DUTCHMAN; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOM SAMPLE; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST CONTROL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; FEMALE; GATEKEEPING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84924206595     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmu046     Document Type: Article

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