Website ratings of physicians and their quality of care.
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Website Ratings of Physicians and Their Quality of Care One-thirdofconsumers intheUnitedStateswhoconsultedphysician website ratings reported selecting and/or avoiding physiciansbecauseof these ratings.1However, little isknownabout the validity of these ratings. Available studies have focused mostlyonhospitalwebsite ratingsornon-USwebsite ratings.2,3 We partially address this gap bymeasuring the association betweenUSphysicianwebsite ratingsandtraditionalqualitymeasures (QMs) of clinical and patient experience.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- JAMA internal medicine
دوره 175 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015