When do patients feel wronged? Empirical study of sick-listed patients' experiences with healthcare encounters

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 230-235

  Wessel, Maja ^a   Helgesson, Gert ^a   Olsson, Daniel ^b   Juth, Niklas ^a   Alexanderson, Kristina ^a   Lynöe, Niels ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Unit of Biostatistics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875985098     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks030     Document Type: Article

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