Does patient satisfaction of general practice change over a decade?

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Allan, James ^a,b,c   Schattner, Peter ^c   Stocks, Nigel ^a,b   Ramsay, Emmae ^b  

^a Hills Medical Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61749100608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-13     Document Type: Article

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