This paper describes the construction of a model of the Dutch health care sector. It discusses the behaviour of patients, general practitioners, medical specialists and hospital managers. It also analyses the various ways the actors interact, such as general practitioners supplying the services dema
The health care sector as economic driver: an economic analysis of the health care market in the city of Berlin
✍ Scribed by Klaus-Dirk Henke; Birgit Mackenthun; Jonas Schreyögg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 363 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1741-3842
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