What patients like about their medical care and how often they are asked: A meta-analysis of the satisfaction literature

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 935-939

  Hall, Judith A ^a,b,c   Dornan, Michael C ^a,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HUMAN; META-ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023740701     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(88)90284-5     Document Type: Article

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