Patients' Ratings of Outpatient Visits in Different Practice Settings: Results From the Medical Outcomes Study

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 270, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 835-840

  Rubin, Haya R ^a   Gandek, Barbara ^a   Rogers, William H ^a   Kosinski, Mark ^a   Mchorney, Colleen A ^a   Ware, John E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA COLLECTION; HUMAN; OFFICE VISITS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0027279282     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03510070057036     Document Type: Article

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