Journal article
Measurement of Physician Performance by Standardized Patients
Abstract
The article describes the development of methods to use live simulated patients for assessment of quality of care of primary physicians. Methods used to train patients and achieve undetected entry into physicians' practices are described. The study demonstrated that patients can be entered into practices with a low rate of detection (13%) and that they are able to recall the details of the encounter with a high degree of reliability.
Authors
Woodward CA; McConvey GA; Neufeld V; Norman GR; Walsh A
Journal
Medical Care, Vol. 23, No. 8, pp. 1019–1027
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
August 1985
DOI
10.1097/00005650-198508000-00009
ISSN
0025-7079