Are continuity clinic patients less satisfied when residents have a heavy inpatient workload?

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 390-399

  Feddock, Christopher A ^a   Hoellein, Andrew R ^a   Griffith, Charles H ^a   Wilson, John F ^a   Becker, Natasha S ^a   Bowerman, Jennifer L ^a   Caudill, Timothy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory clinic; Internship and residency; Patient satisfaction; Workload

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 27744494220     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278705281070     Document Type: Review

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