Consultation behaviour of doctor-shopping patients and factors that reduce shopping

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 433-440

  Ohira, Yoshiyuki ^a   Ikusaka, Masatomi ^a   Noda, Kazutaka ^a   Tsukamoto, Tomoko ^a   Takada, Toshihiko ^a   Miyahara, Masahito ^a   Funakoshi, Hiraku ^a   Basugi, Ayako ^a   Keira, Katsunori ^b   Uehara, Takanori ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

confirmed diagnosis; doctor shopping; general outpatient department; high utilizer of medical care; patient satisfaction; questionnaire survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84858138326     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01605.x     Document Type: Article

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