Patient choice: A randomized controlled trial of provider selection

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 319-325

  Hsu, John ^a   Schmittdiel, Julie ^a   Krupat, Edward ^c   Stein, Terry ^a   Thom, David ^d   Fireman, Bruce ^a   Selby, Joe ^b  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MA Coll of Pharm and Hlth Sci   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient choice; Patient provider relationship; Primary care; Provider selection; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; TRUST;

EID: 0038037729     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20145.x     Document Type: Article

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