A multivariate model of patients' satisfaction with treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-106

  Fontana, Alan ^a,b,d   Ford, Julian D ^c   Rosenheck, Robert ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d Northeast Program Evaluation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient satisfaction; Pretreatment characteristics; Structural equation modeling; Treatment characteristics

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MODEL; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 12244276778     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022071613873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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