Evaluations of dentists on a German physician rating website: An analysis of the ratings

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e15-

  Emmert, Martin ^a   Halling, Frank ^b   Meier, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dentist; Internet; Patient experience; Physician rating website; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; DENTIST; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL MEDIA; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DENTISTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84922287122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3830     Document Type: Article

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