Attributing sources of variation in patients' experiences of ambulatory care

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 835-841

  Rodriguez, Hector P ^a   Scoggins, John F ^b   Von Glahn, Ted ^c   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^d   Safran, Dana Gelb ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Pacific Business Group on Health   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor patient relationship; Patient surveys; Performance measurement; Quality improvement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 68249149645     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318197b1e1     Document Type: Article

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