Patients' satisfaction with surgical care impaired by cuts in expenditure and after interventions to improve nursing care at a surgical clinic

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-53

  Ottosson, Barbro ^a   Hallberg, Ingalill R ^b   Axelsson, Karin ^c   Loven, Lars ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Information; Nurse patient relationship; Nursing care; Patient participation; Patient satisfaction; Quality improvement; Questionnaire; Surgical nursing care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BUDGETS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030995482     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/9.1.43     Document Type: Article

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