Gender and patient complaints: Are they related?

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 351-357

  Murad, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Gjerde, Craig L ^b   Bobula, James ^b   Ostrov, Michael ^c   Murad, Mohammad Safwan ^d  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Group Health Cooperative   (United States)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Gender disparity; Patient complaints; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72849116056     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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