Assessment of medical care by elderly people: General satisfaction and physician quality

Health Services Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 741-757

  Lee, Yunhwan ^a   Kasper, Judith D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Elderly; Patient satisfaction; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031886672     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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