Women's satisfaction with their on-going primary health care services: A consideration of visit-specific and period assessments

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 663-681

  Anderson, Roger T ^a   Weisman, Carol S ^b,c,d   Camacho, Fabian ^a   Scholle, Sarah Hudson ^e   Henderson, Jillian T ^f   Farmer, Deborah F ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Health Evaluation Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology

^c Division of Health Services Research

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Path analyses; Primary care; Satisfaction; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COORDINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATH ANALYSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33947141504     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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