Examining patients' trust in physicians and the VA healthcare system in a prospective cohort followed for six-months after an exacerbation of heart failure

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-179

  Gordon, Howard S ^a   Pugach, Oksana ^b   Berbaum, Michael L ^b   Ford, Marvella E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Hospital patient relations; Longitudinal studies; Physician patient relations; Trust in healthcare system; Trust in physician; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CONCEPT; TRUST; VETERAN; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CAUCASIAN; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84908236394     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.07.022     Document Type: Article

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