Patiënten internationaal tevreden over huisarts

Wensing M, Baker R, Szecsenyi J, Grol R. Impact of national health care systems on patient evaluations of general practice in Europe. Health Policy 2004 Jun;68(3):353-7.

Doe van deze studie is associaties te onderzoeken tussen patiëntevaluaties van de huisartsgeneeskunde en de kenmerken van de nationale zorgstelsels

OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between patient evaluations of general practice and characteristics of national health care systems. METHODS: International comparative study in 17 countries, using international patient survey data (n= 25052) and data-bases for health care system characteristics. Dependent variable was patients' evaluation of general practice care. Five independent factors were examined: GP density, physician density, fee for service reimbursement, gatekeeper role, and first-contact role. RESULTS: None of the associations were statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: Patients were highly satisfied with general practice in different national health care systems. Descriptive tables on international variations may lead to misleading conclusions

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