Is the job satisfaction of primary care team members associated with patient satisfaction?

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 508-514

  Szecsenyi, Joachim ^a,b   Goetz, Katja ^a   Campbell, Stephen ^a,c   Broge, Bjoern ^b   Reuschenbach, Bernd ^a   Wensing, Michel ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b AQUA Institute for Applied Quality Improvement and Research in Health Care   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL SECRETARIES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79958008713     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2009.038166     Document Type: Article

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