Women's satisfaction with primary care: A new measurement effort from the PHS National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Scholle, Sarah Hudson ^a   Weisman, Carol S ^b   Anderson, Roger ^c   Weitz, Tracy ^d   Freund, Karen M ^e   Binko, Joann ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0033954790     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-3867(99)00031-6     Document Type: Article

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