Direct observation of requests for clinical services in office practice what do patients want and do they get it?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1673-1681

  Kravitz, Richard L ^a   Bell, Robert A ^d   Azari, Rahman ^d   Kelly Reif, Steven ^d   Krupat, Edward ^b   Thom, David H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Patient Support Services Building ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0042308693     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.14.1673     Document Type: Article

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