Understanding high and low patient experience scores in primary care: Analysis of patients' survey data for general practices and individual doctors

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Roberts, Martin J ^a   Campbell, John L ^a   Abel, Gary A ^b   Davey, Antoinette F ^a   Elmore, Natasha L ^b   Maramba, Inocencio ^a   Carter, Mary ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^c   Roland, Martin O ^b   Burt, Jenni A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925547242     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g6034     Document Type: Review

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