Validating a measure of patient satisfaction with community nursing services

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 94-100

  Gilleard, Chris ^a   Reed, Rachel ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SUSSEX COMMUNITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

District nursing; Methodology; Patient satisfaction; Psychometric tests

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032111895     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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