The physician's self-evaluation of the consultation and patient outcome: a longitudinal study
Ahlen, Gerd Carlsson, and Gunnarsson, Ronny K. (2013) The physician's self-evaluation of the consultation and patient outcome: a longitudinal study. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 31 (1). pp. 26-30.
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Abstract
Objective. To study whether the physician's evaluation of the consultation correlates to patient outcome one month later concerning symptom relief, sick leave, and drug compliance as perceived by the patient. The study also investigated whether the patient's evaluation of the consultation correlated to patient outcome. Design. A longitudinal study using questionnaires. Setting. A county in south-western Sweden. Subjects. Forty-six physicians and 316 primary care patients aged 16 years or more with a new complaint lasting one week or more were invited. A total of 289 patients completed a questionnaire presented at the consultation; 273 patients were reached in a follow-up telephone interview one month after the consultation. Main outcome measures. The association between each statement in the physician-patient questionnaire (PPQ) from the consultation and the answers obtained from the telephone interview were analysed by either multiple linear or logistic regression analysis. Results. Five out of 10 items in the PPQ were significantly associated with patient outcome. Physician's self-evaluation of the consultation was much more strongly associated with patient outcome than the patient's evaluation. Conclusion. The difference between the physician's and patient's evaluation of the consultation to predict patient outcomes indicates that the physician's self-evaluation of the consultation is of importance.
| Item ID: | 25516 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1502-7724 |
| Keywords: | family practice, patient satisfaction, physician-patient relations, process assessment (health care), quality of health care, questionnaires, self-evaluation programs, Sweden |
| Additional Information: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted. |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2013 05:25 |
| FoR Codes: | 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111717 Primary Health Care @ 30% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111710 Health Counselling @ 50% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111711 Health Information Systems (incl Surveillance) @ 20% |
| SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9202 Health and Support Services > 920204 Evaluation of Health Outcomes @ 70% 92 HEALTH > 9202 Health and Support Services > 920205 Health Education and Promotion @ 30% |
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