Trust and satisfaction with physicians, insurers, and the medical profession

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1058-1064

  Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^a   Dugan, Elizabeth ^b   Camacho, Fabian T ^c   Hall, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Patient trust; Physician patient relationship; Regression analysis; Satisfaction; Survey research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZATION; TELEPHONE; TRUST; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TELEPHONE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141653921     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLR.0000083743.15238.9F     Document Type: Article

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