title: Physical limitations and perceived quality of care among family medicine patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess how physical limitations relate to patient satisfaction with the quality of medical care among family medicine patients, after adjustment for self-rated overall health and other patient characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  A telephone survey of family medicine patients, linked with information extracted from medical records.
  
  
  METHODS
  A large family medicine department in Rochester, Minnesota.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patient ratings of quality were linked to medical records for 674 adult patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adjusting for self-rated overall health status and other confounders using multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that having physical limitations was inversely and independently related to excellent perceived quality (adjusted odds ratio = 0.56, P= 0.035).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our sample of family medicine patients, people with physical limitations experience a disparity in perceived quality of care.
authors.affiliation: 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Rohrer.james@may.edu
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Rohrer
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
authors.forename: Darryl E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Adamson
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008910:Minnesota; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011787:Quality of Health Care