Does doctor-patient communication affect patient satisfaction with hospital care? Results of an analysis with a novel instrumental variable

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5 P1, 2008, Pages 1505-1519

  Clever, Sarah L ^a   Jin, Lei ^b   Levinson, Wendy ^c   Meltzer, David O ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Inpatients; Instrumental variables; Patient physician communication; Physician patient relations; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 52149120925     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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