Patients' experience and satisfaction in primary care: Secondary analysis using multilevel modelling

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7777, 2010, Pages 820-

  Salisbury, Chris ^a   Wallace, Marc ^b   Montgomery, Alan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77958141012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5004     Document Type: Article

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