Patient perspectives on centralisation of low volume, highly specialised procedures in Sweden

Health Policy

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1068-1075

  Svederud, Ida ^a   Virhage, Martin ^a   Medin, Emma ^a,b   Grundström, Jonas ^a   Friberg, Sarah ^a   Ramsberg, Joakim ^c  

^a Heron Evidence Development AB   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Swedish National Agency for Health and Care Services Analysis   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Centralised hospital services; Organisation and administration; Patient preference; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPECIALIZATION; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PATHWAY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CENTRALIZED HOSPITAL SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938197906     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.01.016     Document Type: Article

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