Assessing patients' priorities and perceptions of the quality of health care: The development of the QUOTE-Rheumatic-Patients instrument

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 362-368

  Van Campen, C ^a   Sixma, H J ^a   Kerssens, J J ^a   Peters, L ^a   Rasker, J J ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health care; Measuring instruments; Quality of health care; Rheumatic patients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031853222     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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