Influence of patient education on profiles of physician practices

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 745-751

  Fiscella, Kevin ^a,b   Franks, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Family Medicine Center Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0032737492     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-131-10-199911160-00005     Document Type: Article

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