Consumer preferences for general practitioner services

Health Marketing Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 3-19

  Morrison, Mark ^a   Murphy, Tom ^b   Nalder, Craig ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

General practitioner services; Market segmentation; Services marketing; Target marketing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MARKETING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1842457736     PISSN: 07359683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J026v20n03_02     Document Type: Article

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