Measuring attributes of primary care: Development of a new instrument

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 64-74

  Flocke, Susan A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

continuity of patient care; measurement; patient satisfaction; Primary health care; questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; OHIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030816155     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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