Chronically ill Australians' satisfaction with accessibility and patient-centredness

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-114

  Jayasinghe, Upali W ^a   Proudfoot, Judy ^a   Holton, Chris ^b   Davies, Gawaine Powell ^a   Amoroso, Cheryl ^a   Bubner, Tanya ^b   Beilby, Justin ^b   Harris, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment of quality of primary care; Factor analysis; General practice assessment survey; Multilevel regression model; Patient and practice characteristics; Patient satisfaction with accessibility and patient centredness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 41149146601     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzm071     Document Type: Article

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