Exploring the therapeutic alliance in Belgian family medicine and its association with doctor-patient characteristics: a cross-sectional survey study.

Pauline BoeckxstaensAnnelou MeskensAline Van der PoortenAnne-Catherine VerpoortElizabeth Ann Sturgiss

Published in: BMJ open (2020)

Consultation quality is an important aspect of healthcare, but attention is needed to understand how the WAI-GP performs in relation to variables that are beyond control, such as gender of the physician, age of the patient and variables related to building continuity of care. This has implications for the measurement of quality of healthcare.

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