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dc.contributor.authorGrasdal, Astrid Louiseeng
dc.contributor.authorMonstad, Karineng
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-07T11:39:11Z
dc.date.available2012-02-07T11:39:11Z
dc.date.issued2011-06-15eng
dc.PublishedInternational Journal for Equity in Health 2011, 10:25en
dc.identifier.issn1475-9276
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/5567
dc.description.abstractBackground: Inequity in use of physician services has been detected even within health care systems withuniversal coverage of the population through public insurance schemes. In this study we analyse and compareinequity in use of physician visits (GP and specialists) in Norway based on data from the Surveys of LivingConditions for the years 2000, 2002 and 2005. A patient list system was introduced for GPs in 2001 to improve GPaccessibility, strengthen the stability of the patient-doctor relationship and ensure equity in the use of health careservices for the entire population.Method: We measure horizontal inequity by concentration indices and investigate changes in inequity over timewhen decomposing the concentration indices into the contribution of its determinants.Results: We find that pro-rich inequity in the probability of seeing a private outpatient specialist has declined, butstill existed in 2005.Conclusion: Improved patient-doctor stability as well as better GP accessibility facilitated by the introduction ofpatient lists improved access to private specialist services. In particular the less well off benefited from this reform.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherBioMed Centraleng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/eng
dc.titleInequity in the use of physician services in Norway before and after introducing patient lists in primary careeng
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2011 Grasdal and Monstad; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-10-25
dc.identifier.cristin857581
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Health service and health administration research: 806eng


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