Satisfaction and access to clinical care in a rheumatology clinic at a large urban medical center

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 209-211

  Agrawal, Harsh ^a   Hay, M Cameron ^b,c   Volkmann, Elizabeth R ^a   Maranian, Paul ^a   Khanna, Dinesh ^d   Furst, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84862201913     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: 15367355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e318259aa1b     Document Type: Article

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