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  • Title: Physical limitations and perceived quality of care among family medicine patients.
    Author: Rohrer JE, Wilkinson JM, Barnes DE, Adamson SC.
    Journal: Clin Rehabil; 2008 Mar; 22(3):283-7. PubMed ID: 18285435.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To assess how physical limitations relate to patient satisfaction with the quality of medical care among family medicine patients, after adjustment for self-rated overall health and other patient characteristics. DESIGN: A telephone survey of family medicine patients, linked with information extracted from medical records. SETTING: A large family medicine department in Rochester, Minnesota. SUBJECTS: Patient ratings of quality were linked to medical records for 674 adult patients. RESULTS: Adjusting for self-rated overall health status and other confounders using multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that having physical limitations was inversely and independently related to excellent perceived quality (adjusted odds ratio = 0.56, P= 0.035). CONCLUSIONS: In our sample of family medicine patients, people with physical limitations experience a disparity in perceived quality of care.
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