Association of the length of doctor-patient relationship with primary care quality in seven family practices in Korea

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 508-515

  Lee, Jae Ho ^a   Choi, Yong Jun ^b   Lee, Seung Hwa ^c   Sung, Nak Jin ^d   Kim, Soo Young ^b   Hong, Jee Young ^e  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^e Konyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Health care policy; Korea; Primary health care; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; TIME;

HEALTH CARE POLICY; KOREA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84877825345     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.4.508     Document Type: Article

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