Patient Satisfaction With Care for Urgent Health Problems: A Survey of Family Practice Patients

PURPOSE: Patient satisfaction is an important health care outcome. This study compared patients' satisfaction with care received for an urgent health problem from their family physician, at an after-hours clinic in which their physician participated, at a walk-in clinic, at the emergency department, from telephone health advisory services, or from more than 1 of those services. METHODS: We mailed a questionnaire to a random sample of patients …