The mental health of doctor-shoppers: Experience from a patient-led fee-for-service primary care setting

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 428-432

  Norton, Joanna ^a   De Roquefeuil, Guilhem ^a   David, Michel ^b   Boulenger, Jean Philippe ^a   Ritchie, Karen ^a,c   Mann, Anthony ^a,d  

^a Montpellier 1 University   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doctor shopping; General practice; Health service organisation; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; WAITING ROOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955898249     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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