Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 46-52 , October 2011

Determinants and outcomes of patient-centered care

  • Klea D. Bertakis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, Davis, USA
    • Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California, Davis, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, Davis, 4860 “Y” Street, Suite 2300, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. Tel.: +1 916 734 3167; fax: +1 916 734 5641.
    • ,
  • Rahman Azari

      Affiliations

    • Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California, Davis, USA
    • Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis, USA

Received 8 October 2009 ,Revised 16 July 2010 ,Accepted 3 August 2010.

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