Performance profiles: The influence of patient satisfaction data on physicians' practice

Pediatrics

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 752-757

  Rider, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Perrin, James M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient satisfaction; Performance profiles; Physician report cards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL FEE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASSACHUSETTS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0036247008     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.109.5.752     Document Type: Article

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