Data quality and confirmatory factor analysis of the Danish EUROPEP questionnaire on patient evaluation of general practice

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 174-180

  Vedsted, Peter ^a   Sokolowski, Ineta ^a   Heje, Hanne N ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Factor analysis; Family practice; Patient evaluation; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; DENMARK; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 50849132226     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430802294803     Document Type: Article

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