KIDMAP, a web based system for gathering patients' feedback on their doctors

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Chien, Tsair Wei ^a,b   Wang, Weng Chung ^c   Lin, Sho Be ^b   Lin, Ching Yih ^a   Guo, How Ran ^d   Su, Shih Bin ^a,d,e  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALIZATION; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349120205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-9-38     Document Type: Article

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