Influence of shared medical appointments on patient satisfaction: A retrospective 3-year study

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 324-330

  Heyworth, Leonie ^a,b   Rozenblum, Ronen ^b   Burgess Jr , James F ^a   Baker, Errol ^a   Meterko, Mark ^a   Prescott, Debra ^c   Neuwirth, Zeev ^d   Simon, Steven R ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d MS Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Patient experience; Patient satisfaction; Patient centered care; Practice based research; Primary care; Shared medical appointments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84904277527     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1660     Document Type: Article

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