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Are German patients burdened by the practice charge for physician visits ('Praxisgebuehr')? A cross sectional analysis of socio-economic and health related factors

BACKGROUND: In 2004, a practice charge for physician visits ('Praxisgebuehr') was implemented in the German health care system, mainly in order to reduce expenditures of sickness funds by reducing outpatient physician visits. In the statutory sickness funds, all adults now have to pay € 10...

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Autores principales: Rückert, Ina-Maria, Böcken, Jan, Mielck, Andreas
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2605748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19014476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-232