The cost of satisfaction: A national study of patient satisfaction, health care utilization, expenditures, and mortality

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 405-411

  Fenton, Joshua J ^a   Jerant, Anthony F ^a   Bertakis, Klea D ^a   Franks, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858382879     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1662     Document Type: Article

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