Wait times, patient satisfaction scores, and the perception of care

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 393-400

  Bleustein, Clifford ^a   Rothschild, David B ^a   Valen, Andrew ^b   Valaitis, Eduardas ^a   Schweitzer, Laura ^a   Jones, Raleigh ^c  

^a PricewaterhouseCoopers USA   (United States)

^b JPMorgan Chase ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION OF CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; WAIT TIME; WAITING ROOM; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903554132     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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