Patient waiting times in a physician's office

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 703-712

  Meza, James P ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME MANAGEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BENCHMARKING; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031861282     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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