Patient satisfaction in women's clinics versus traditional primary care clinics in the veterans administration

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-181

  Bean Mayberry, Bevanne A ^a,b,c   Chang, Chung Chou H ^b   McNeil, Melissa A ^a,b   Whittle, Jeff ^c,d   Hayes, Patricia M ^a   Scholle, Sarah Hudson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient satisfaction; Primary health care; Quality of health care; Veterans; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0037355982     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20512.x     Document Type: Article

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