Continuity of care in the cross-border context: Insights from a survey of German patients treated abroad

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 557-563

  Panteli, Dimitra ^a   Wagner, Caroline ^b   Verheyen, Frank ^b   Busse, Reinhard ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b WINEG Scientific Institute of the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84939608433     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku251     Document Type: Article

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