Does continuity of care increase HMO patients' satisfaction with physician performance?

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-36

  Weyrauch, Karl F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029690797     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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