Does family medicine training in Thailand affect patient satisfaction with primary care doctors?

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Jaturapatporn, Darin ^a   Dellow, Alan ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Oxford Deanery ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; STUDENT T TEST; THAILAND; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND;

EID: 34247159141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-8-14     Document Type: Article

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