How do Australian patients rate their general practitioner? A descriptive study using the General Practice Assessment Questionnaire

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 215-219

  Potiriadis, Maria ^a   Chondros, Patty ^a   Gilchrist, Gail ^b   Hegarty, Kelsey ^a   Blashki, Grant ^a   Gunn, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 50449094156     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01986.x     Document Type: Article

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