Satisfaction with primary health care and confidence in general practitioners: an exploratory comparison of US and UK students.
This paper explores attitudes of university students towards two differently organised health services, ie the National Health Service in the UK and the more market oriented system in the US and analyses the level of confidence placed in primary care providers (GPs/family physicians) in both systems. Although major differences in the perception of the two health care systems are identified, hardly any differences emerge between the two countries in terms of the confidence patients place in their primary care providers.
University of Wales.
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D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010819:Physician's Role; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000208:ethnology; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D014495:Universities