Comparison of patients' and general practitioners' evaluations of general practice care

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 315-319

  Jung, H P ^a,b   Wensing, M ^a,b   Olesen, F ^c   Grol, R ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

EID: 0036905543     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.11.4.315     Document Type: Article

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