Impact of Patient Requests on Provider-Perceived Visit Difficulty in Primary Care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 214-220

  Fenton, Joshua J ^a,b   Franks, Peter ^a,b   Feldman, Mitchell D ^c   Jerant, Anthony ^a,b   Henry, Stephen G ^a,b   Paterniti, Debora A ^a,b   Kravitz, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

comorbidity; depression; patient communication; patient satisfaction; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84925535816     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-3082-8     Document Type: Article

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