A signal detection approach to patient-doctor communication and doctor-shopping behaviour among Japanese patients

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 556-567

  Hagihara, Akihito ^a   Tarumi, Kimio ^b   Odamaki, Misato ^a   Nobutomo, Koichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doctor explanation; Doctor shopping; Signal detection analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOCTOR SHOPPING BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 29044444371     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2005.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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