The reliability of patients' judgements of care in general practice: How many questions and patients are needed?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 80-85

  Wensing, Michel ^a   Van De Vleuten, Cees ^b,c   Grol, Richard ^a,b   Felling, Albert ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of General Practice ^*

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Patient satisfaction; Questionnaires; Reliability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031158007     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.6.2.80     Document Type: Article

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