New allocation scheme for physician practices fails to address needs
- Format Type
- Date of publication
- 26/03/2015
- Edition
- 1. edition
- Volume/Format
- 8 pages, PDF
Format
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PDF
Price
Free of charge
Description
SPOTLIGHT HEALTHCARE published several times a year at irregular intervals and deals with the latest topics and challenges in the healthcare system.
Long waiting times for appointments, long distances to the nearest specialist – more and more patients are complaining about this state of affairs. But are these shortcomings due to a lack of physicians? Or are physicians in Germany unevenly distributed? “Healthcare Fact Check” investigated whether the changes made to the allocation scheme in 2013 have resulted in a needs-based allocation of general practitioners and specialists.
