Patients' desires and expectations for medical care in primary care clinics

Judith K. Zemencuk, John W. Feightner, Rodney A. Hayward, Kimberly A. Skarupski, Steven J. Katz

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Abstract

To explore whether patients' desires for and expectations of medical care differ between the United States and Canada, we surveyed 652 patients and 105 physicians at primary care sites in Michigan and Ontario. Patient desires were similar at both sites, but expectations were higher in Michigan. Michigan physicians gave higher estimates of patient desire than physicians in Ontario. Physicians at both sites, however, similarly underestimated patients' desires. These between-site differences in expectation may reflect differences both in general cultural factors and in patient exposure to different clinical policies within the medical systems.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)273-276
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of general internal medicine
Volume13
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Comparative study
  • Ontario, Canada
  • Patient desires
  • Patient expectations
  • United States

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Internal Medicine

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