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1010914

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-3-15
pubmed:abstractText
Data were collected on all persons within a sample of upper-and lower-income households who had seen physicians for illness episodes within a year prior to the interview. Forty-eight percent of upper-and 37 percent of lower-income families in the sample had changed doctors because of dissatisfaction with some aspect of the care. Factors related to tendency to shop for doctors in both upper-and lower-income groups were a lack of confidence in doctors' competence, unwillingness of doctors to spend time talking with patients, hostile feelings toward doctors, high cost of services, inconvenience of location and hours, and unfavorable attitudes toward doctors' personal qualities. Hypochondriasis was related to doctorshopping in the upper-income group. Results of this investigation suggest that patients may be becoming more discriminating in their choice of physicians.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-1465
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
329-39
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Issues underlying prevalence of "doctor-shopping" behavior.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article