Differences of the quality of care experience: The perception of patients with either network or conventional health plans

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-413

  Berchtold, Peter ^a   Künzi, Beat ^b   Busato, André ^c,d  

^a College for Management in Health Care ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Swisspep Institute for Quality and Research in Healthcare   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Family medicine; Patient centered care; Practice management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79957612231     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr010     Document Type: Article

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