Morbidity and older persons' perceptions of the quality of their primary care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 330-334

  Shadmi, Efrat ^a,d   Boyd, Cynthia M ^a,b   Hsiao, Chun Ju ^a   Sylvia, Martha ^c   Schuster, Alyson B ^a   Boult, Chad ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins HealthCare   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Multiple morbidity; Primary care; Quality

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TRUST; URBAN POPULATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33645067417     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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