The effect of health status on patients' satisfaction with out-of-hours care provided by a family doctor co-operative

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 677-683

  Glynn, Liam G ^a   Byrne, M ^a   Newell, J ^a   Murphy, A W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Health status; Out of hours medical care; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTAL MAIL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; WORKING TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10644263403     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh616     Document Type: Article

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