The influence of gender on patient satisfaction

Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 30-35

  Woods, Scott E ^a   Heidari, Zahra ^a  

^a Bethesda Family Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345874741     PISSN: 15237036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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