Factors influencing physician choice.
This study investigates the importance individuals place on each of 19 criteria in their choice of a physician. Through personal interviews 205 adults in Eastern Kentucky were asked to rate the importance of choice criteria on a scale from very important to very unimportant and to rank the five most and least important of these. Comparisons of mean ratings for men and women show that women have a tendency to rate criteria as more important than men, particularly those variables related to the physician's interpersonal manner.
Hill
C J
CJ
School of Business, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro 37132.
Garner
S J
SJ
D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D002755:Choice Behavior; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007629:Kentucky; D008297:Male; D008571:Men / Q000523:psychology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012016:Reference Values; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology