Saying 'goodbye' to single-handed practices; what do patients and staff lose or gain?

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-27

  van den Hombergh, Pieter ^a   Engels, Yvonne ^a   van den Hoogen, Henk ^a   van Doremalen, Jan ^a   van den Bosch, Wil ^a   Grol, Richard ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practice management and organization; Patient opinion; Practice visit; Quality assurance; Single handed practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 14644419626     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh714     Document Type: Article

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