Specialty care and education associated with greater disease-specific knowledge but not satisfaction with care for chronic hepatitis C

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-282

  Beste, L A ^a,b   Straits Troster, K ^c   Zickmund, S ^d   Larson, M ^a   Chapko, M ^a,b   Dominitz, J A ^a  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Education and Clinical Center MIRECC   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650453766     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.04036.x     Document Type: Article

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