The effects of primary care physician visit continuity on patients' experiences with care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 787-793

  Rodriguez, Hector P ^a   Rogers, William H ^a,b   Marshall, Richard E ^c   Safran, Dana Gelb ^a,b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Patient preferences; Physician patient relationship; Primary care quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34248569592     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0182-8     Document Type: Article

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