Which aspects of general practitioners' behaviour determine patients' evaluations of care?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1077-1087

  Jung, H P ^a   Van Horne, F ^a   Wensing, M ^a   Hearnshaw, H ^b   Grol, R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; General practice; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 0031841491     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00138-5     Document Type: Article

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