Quality of primary care practice in a large HMO according to physician specialty

Health Services Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 485-502

  Grumbach, Kevin ^a   Selby, Joe V ^a   Schmittdiel, Julie A ^a   Quesenberry Jr , Charles P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Managed care; Patient satisfaction; Physician specialty; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0032976825     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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