Medical patients’ assessments of their care during hospitalization: Insights for internists

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 679-685

  Delbanco, Thomas L ^a   Stokes, David M ^a   Cleary, Paul D ^b   Edgman Levitan, Susan ^a   Walker, Janice D ^a   Gerteis, Margaret ^a   Daley, Jennifer ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hospitalization; patient satisfaction; quality improvement; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEWS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029587060     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02602763     Document Type: Article

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