Medication use and patient satisfaction: A population-based survey

Family Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 362-369

  Geitona, Mary ^a   Kyriopoulos, John ^b   Zavras, Dimitris ^b   Theodoratou, Theodora ^a   Alexopoulos, Evangelos C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Health insurance; Medication use; Patient satisfaction; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG COST; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149088606     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmn068     Document Type: Article

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