Treatment satisfaction in Chinese medicine outpatient care: a comparison of patients' and doctors' views.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Both doctors' and patients' opinions are important in the process of treatment and healthcare of Chinese medicine. This study is to compare patients' and doctors' treatment satisfaction over the course of two visits in a Chinese medicine outpatient setting, and to explain their respective views.

Methods

Patients' chief complaints were collected prior to the outpatient encounter. The doctor was then asked (through a questionnaire) to state what complaints he or she was prioritizing during the process of diagnosing disease and making a prescription for herbal medicine or acupuncture treatment. On the next visit, both the patient and the doctor completed a questionnaire assessing satisfaction with the treatment of Chinese medicine prescribed in the first visit and ad

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6836653 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature