Assessing patients' expectations in ambulatory medical practice: Does the measurement approach make a difference?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-72

  Kravitz, Richard L ^a,b   Callahan, Edward J ^a,b   Azari, Rahman ^b   Antonius, Deirdre ^a   Lewis, Charles E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

office practice; patients' expectations; randomized controlled trial; survey techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031050406     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0010-6     Document Type: Article

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