Impact of National Health Care Systems on Patient Evaluations of General Practice in Europe

Overview

Journal Health Policy

Specialties Health Services
Public Health

Date 2004 Apr 29

PMID 15113646

Citations 11

Authors

Michel Wensing

Richard Baker

Joachim Szecsenyi

Richard Grol

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Abstract

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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