Patients' preferences for technical versus interpersonal quality when selecting a primary care physician

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 957-977

  Fung, Constance H ^a,b   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Hays, Ron D ^a   Kahn, Katherine L ^a   Kanouse, David E ^a   McGlynn, Elizabeth A ^a   Spranca, Mark D ^a   Shekelle, Paul G ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Physician profiling; Primary care; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 22844448571     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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