Is patient satisfaction in primary care dependent on structural and organizational characteristics among providers? Findings based on data from the national patient survey in Sweden

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 317-333

  Glenngård, Anna H ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84879378033     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133112000333     Document Type: Article

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