Continuity of care: Is the personal doctor still important? A survey of general practitioners and family physicians in England and Wales, the United States, and the Netherlands

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-359

  Stokes, Tim ^a   Tarrant, Carolyn ^a   Mainous III, Arch G ^b   Schers, Henk ^c   Freeman, George ^d   Baker, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23844530572     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.351     Document Type: Article

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