Patient evaluations of accessibility and co-ordination in general practice in Europe

Health Expectations

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 384-390

  Wensing, Michel ^a   Hermsen, Jan ^a   Grol, Richard ^a   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

General practice; Health services research; Patient satisfaction; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 56849085189     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2008.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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