Familiarity with a GP and patients' evaluations of care. A cross-sectional study

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-19

  Schers, Henk J ^a   van den Hoogen, Henk ^a   Bor, Hans ^a   Grol, Richard ^a,b   van den Bosch, Wil ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuity of patient care; Cross sectional design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRUST;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 14644439926     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh721     Document Type: Article

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