Preference for a general practitioner and patients' evaluations of care: a cross-sectional study.
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SUBMITTER: Schers H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1326072 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Sep
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Preference for a general practitioner and patients' evaluations of care: a cross-sectional study.
Schers Henk H van den Hoogen Henk H Bor Hans H Grol Richard R van den Bosch Wil W
The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 20040901 506
Personal continuity is no longer always evident in general practice. Changes in society and in general practice seem to have shifted away from an emphasis on personal patient-doctor relationships. We studied how patients' lack of preference for a particular general practitioner (GP) or preference for a different GP is related to patients' evaluations of care. Patients who were indifferent to the GP seen, and patients who would have preferred another GP, evaluated consultations significantly less ...[more]
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