Patients' Shift from Public to Private Primary Health Care Providers in Lithuania: Analysis of the Main Reasons

• Main Authors: Paulius Žvinakis MPH (Author), Roberta Kalibataitė DMD (Author), Vytenis Kalibatas MD, MPH, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aims Lithuania is one of the countries where public and private primary health care (PHC) providers compete for patients. Patients continuously shift from public to PHC providers, but an analysis of the main reasons was never performed. This study aimed to analyze the reasons why patients shift from...