Influence of the doctor’s gender in the satisfaction of the users

Medical Care

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1993, Pages 795-800

  Delgado, Ana ^a   Lopez Fernandez, Luis Andres ^b   de Dios Luna, Juan D ^c  

^a School of Public Health of Andalucia   (Spain)

^b ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^c Dept of Psychiat and Med Psychol   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gender; Patient; Patient satisfaction; Physicians; Physician s gender; Primary care; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENDER IDENTITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STANDARD; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0027670127     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199309000-00004     Document Type: Article

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