Effects of continuity of care and patient dispositional factors on the physician-patient relationship

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 180-185

  Noyes Jr , Russell ^a   Kukoyi, Oladipo A ^b   Longley, Susan L ^c   Langbehn, Douglas R ^a   Stuart, Scott P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Continuity; Physician patient relationship; Positive affectivity; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855608521     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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