Primary care physicians' discussion of emotional distress and patient satisfaction

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 331-345

  Gross, Revital ^a,d   Brammli Greenberg, Shuli ^b   Tabenkin, Hava ^c   Benbassat, Jochanan ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Myers JDC Brookdale Institute   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^d MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emotional distress; Patient satisfaction; Primary care physicians; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELF REPORT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 37549066944     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.37.3.i     Document Type: Article

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