New general practitioner payment formula in Croatia: Is it consistent with worldwide trends?

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 604-610

  Hindle, Don ^a,c   Kalanj, Karolina ^b  

^a New S Wales Univ Sch of Medicine   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capitation fee; Croatia; Family practice; Insurance, health, reimbursement; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; CLASSIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROATIA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT;

CROATIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 9644269176     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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