Behaviour in therapeutic medical care: evidence from general practitioners in Austria

Abstract: Aim: The present study examines monetary effects of general practioners’ behaviour in therapeutic medical care to identify sample characteristics that allow differentiating between the individual general practitioner and the basic population. Subjects and methods: Medical services, provided by 3,919 general practitioners in Austria, were operationalized by means of the dependent variable “costs per patient”. Statistical outliers were identified using Chebyshev’s inequality and categorized by investigating bivariate correlations between the dependent variable and the personal characteristics of each physician. Results: Variables that relate to the size of the customer base such as number of consultations (r = 0.385) and office days (r = 0.376), correlate positively with the costs for medical services. By analyzing the portfolio of the general practitioners, we found a correlation of 0.451 between this coefficient and the costs. Statistical outliers feature an average portfolio of 44

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Postprint
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Journal of Public Health ; 19 (2010) 2 ; 147-153

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2010
Urheber
Müller, Michael
Meyer, Harald
Stummer, Harald

DOI
10.1007/s10389-010-0363-5
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-244117
Rechteinformation
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte

  • Müller, Michael
  • Meyer, Harald
  • Stummer, Harald

Entstanden

  • 2010

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