Do primary care patients adequately assess the length of consultation in a general medical practice?;Wie gut schätzen hausarzt-patienten den zeitbedarf einer konsultation ein?

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 67-70

  Stunder, W ^a   Scherer, M ^b   Himmel, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appointments and schedules; Family practice; Office visits; Patient satisfaction; Physician patient relations; Professional practice; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TIME MANAGEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TIME MANAGEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 38049107961     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1017475     Document Type: Article

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