Prevalence and characteristics of complaint-prone doctors in private practice in Victoria

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-28

  Bismark, Marie M ^a   Spittal, Matthew J ^a   Studdert, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHIATRIST; RURAL AREA; SURGEON; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79960078464     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03183.x     Document Type: Article

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