A brief instrument to measure patients' overall satisfaction with primary care physicians

Family Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 412-417

  Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a   Louis, Daniel Z ^a   Maxwell, Kaye ^a   Markham, Fred W ^a   Wender, Richard C ^a   Gonnella, Joseph S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958831690     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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