title: [QUALICOPC -- primary care study on quality, costs and equity in European countries: the Hungarian branch].
abstract: The importance of primary care has already been recognized in the developed countries, where the structure and function of primary care is very heterogeneous. In the QUALICOPC study, the costs, quality and equity of primary care systems will be compared in the 34 participating countries. Representative samples of primary care practices were recruited in Hungary. An evaluation with questionnaire was performed in 222 practices on the work circumstances, conditions, competency and financial initiatives. Ten patients in each practice were also questioned by independent fieldworkers. In this work, the methodology and Hungarian experience are described. The final results of the international evaluation will be analyzed and published later. It is expected that data obtained from the QUALICOPC study may prove to be useful in health service planning and may be shared with policy makers.
authors.affiliation: Debreceni Egyetem, Orvos és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Népegészségügyi Kar Családorvosi és Foglalkozás-egészségügyi Tanszék Debrecen. Rurik.Imre@sph.unideb.hu
authors.forename: Imre
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rurik
authors.forename: W G Wienke
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Boerma
authors.forename: László Róbert
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Kolozsvári
authors.forename: Levente István
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Lánczi
authors.forename: Lajos
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mester
authors.forename: Csaba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Móczár
authors.forename: L A Willemijn
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Torzsa
authors.forename: Mária
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Végh
authors.forename: P Peter
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Gronewegen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005062:European Union; D005194:Family Practice / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010361:Patients; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires