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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

A Doctor's Name as a Brand: A Nationwide Survey on Registered Clinic Names in Taiwan.

Feng-Yuan Chu, Ying-Xiu Dai, Jui-Yao Liu, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Li-Fang Chou, Shinn-Jang Hwang

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Admitted patients' recall of their treating doctors' names in adult wards of a South African district hospital.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2026
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  2. In the Name of Family Medicine: A Nationwide Survey of Registered Names of Family Medicine Clinics in Taiwan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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Feng-Yuan ChuDepartment of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shi-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan. steven2259898@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-1642-3310
Ying-Xiu DaiDepartment of Dermatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shi-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan. daiinxiu@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3279-4509
Jui-Yao LiuDepartment of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shi-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan. ryliu@vghtpe.gov.tw.
Tzeng-Ji ChenDepartment of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shi-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan. tjchen@vghtpe.gov.tw.ORCID 0000-0002-8350-0232
Li-Fang ChouDepartment of Public Finance, National Chengchi University, Taipei 116, Taiwan. lifang@nccu.edu.tw.
Shinn-Jang HwangDepartment of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shi-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan. sjhwang@vghtpe.gov.tw.ORCID 0000-0003-3217-6193

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Abstract

In countries where the private clinics of physicians can be freely named, registering a clinic with a physician's name is one way to make patients familiar with the physician. No previous study had investigated how clinics make use of this method of personal branding. Therefore, the current study analyzed 10,847 private physician Western medicine clinics in Taiwan. Of those clinics, 31.0% (

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Ambulatory Care FacilitiesNamesPhysiciansPrivate PracticeRegistriesDatabases, FactualFemaleGynecologyHumansMaleMarketing of Health ServicesObstetricsPregnancySpecializationSurveys and QuestionnairesTaiwaneponymnamespersonal brandingprivate practiceTaiwan

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