Patients' experience of choosing an outpatient clinic in one county in Denmark: Results of a patient survey

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Birk, Hans O ^a,b   Gut, Rikke ^c   Henriksen, Lars O ^a  

^a Quality and Development   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053585797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-262     Document Type: Review

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