Meeting patient's expectations in primary care consultations in Lithuania

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-89

  Zebiene, Egle ^a,e   Razgauskas, E ^a   Basys, V ^a   Baubiniene, A ^b   Gurevicius, R ^a   Padaiga, Z ^c   Svab, I ^d  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e Seskine Outpatient Clinic   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Expectations; Patient satisfaction; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 1242330416     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzh006     Document Type: Article

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