title: How well do physician and patient visit priorities align?
abstract: This study found that there is alignment between a patient's reason for a visit and the physician's main concern 69% of the time. Less than fully aligned priorities were associated with insurance status and the number of problems addressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. Email: susan.flocke@case.edu.
authors.forename: Philip E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Tomsik
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Raddock
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: DeGolia
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Zyzanski
authors.forename: Kurt C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Stange
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: Mary Jane
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Susan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Flocke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009819:Office Visits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055815:Young Adult