Patients' trust in their physicians: Effects of choice, continuity, and payment method

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 681-686

  Kao, Audiey C ^a   Green, Diane C ^b   Davis, Nancy A ^b   Koplan, Jeffrey P ^b   Cleary, Paul D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Prudential Ctr for Hlth Care Res   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice of physician; Patient physician relationship; Patients' trust; Physician payment method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL FEE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GEORGIA; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; REMUNERATION; SURVEY; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHYSICIAN SERVICES; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; TRUST; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0031694413     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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