Satisfaction with the outpatient encounter: A comparison of patients' and physicians' views

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1088-1095

  Zandbelt, Linda C ^a,b   Smets, Ellen M A ^a   Oort, Frans J ^a   Godfried, Mieke H ^a   De Haes, Honneke C J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Outpatients; Patient satisfaction; Physician satisfaction; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 9244222702     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30420.x     Document Type: Article

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