Switching doctors: Predictors of voluntary disenrollment from a primary physician's practice

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 130-136

  Safran, D G ^a   Montgomery, J E ^a   Chang, H ^a   Murphy, J ^a   Rogers, W H ^a  

^a Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient trust non MESH ; Physician patient relations; Primary health care; Voluntary disenrollment non MESH

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANAGED CARE; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035125161     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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