Patient choice in general practice: the implications of patient satisfaction surveys

Ruth Robertson, Anna Dixon and Julian Le Grand consider the factors that explain patient satisfaction with general practice physicians and how this may drive patients' choice of practice.

Published in Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, Volume 13, Number 2, April 2008, pp. 67-72

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