Satisfaction with Inpatient Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Care: A National Comparison of Dedicated and Scattered-Bed Units

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 948-962

  Aiken, Linda H ^a   Sloane, Douglas M ^a,b   Lake, Eileen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS care; AIDS nursing; Dedicated AIDS units; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NURSING CARE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031228836     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199709000-00007     Document Type: Article

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