Population-level preferences for primary care physicians' characteristics in Japan: A structural equation modeling

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-130

  Takahashi, Osamu ^a,b   Ohde, Sachiko ^b   Jacobs, Joshua L ^c   Tokuda, Yasuharu ^d   Yanai, Haruo ^e   Okubo, Tomoya ^f   Shimbo, Takuro ^g   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^h   Hinohara, Shigeaki ^b   Fukui, Tsuguya ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b St Luke's Life Science Institute   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f The National Center for University Entrance Examinations   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Patient satisfaction; Physician's role; Primary health care; Statistical factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POPULATION GROUPS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749099849     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.2572     Document Type: Article

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