Relation of patients' experiences with individual physicians to malpractice risk

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-12

  Rodriguez, Hector P ^a   Rodday, Angie Mae C ^b   Marshall, Richard E ^c   Nelson, Kimberly L ^c   Rogers, William H ^b   Safran, Dana G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Doctor patient relationship; Medical malpractice; Patient complaints; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 38149089554     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzm065     Document Type: Article

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