The concepts of family doctor and factors affecting choice of family doctors among Hong Kong people

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-115

  Lee, Albert ^a   Siu, Sam ^a   Lam, Augustine ^a   Tsang, Clement ^c   Kung, Kenny ^b   Li, Philip KT ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^c MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Family; Health care; Patient satisfaction; Physician patient relations; Physicians; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954476507     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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