Screening primary-care patients forgoing health care for economic reasons

Bodenmann, Patrick; Favrat, Bernard; Wolff, Hans; Guessous, Idris; Panese, Francesco; Herzig, Lilli; Bischoff, Thomas; Casillas, Alejandra; Golano, Thomas; Vaucher, Paul

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094006

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Screening primary-care patients forgoing health care for economic reasons

ContributorsBodenmann, Patrick; Favrat, Bernard; Wolff, Hans; Guessous, Idris; Panese, Francesco; Herzig, Lilli; Bischoff, Thomas; Casillas, Alejandra; Golano, Thomas; Vaucher, Paul

Published inPloS one, vol. 9, no. 4, e94006

Publication date2014

Abstract

Growing social inequities have made it important for general practitioners to verify if patients can afford treatment and procedures. Incorporating social conditions into clinical decision-making allows general practitioners to address mismatches between patients' health-care needs and financial resources.

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Primary Health Care/economics
Questionnaires
Socioeconomic Factors
Switzerland
Young Adult

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de médecine légale

Research group

Groupe Jean-Michel Gaspoz (23)

Citation (ISO format)

BODENMANN, Patrick et al. Screening primary-care patients forgoing health care for economic reasons. In: PloS one, 2014, vol. 9, n° 4, p. e94006. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094006

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PID : unige:77346
DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0094006
PMID : 24699726

ISSN of the journal1932-6203

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