Patient assessments of hospital maternity care: A useful tool for consumers

Health Services Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 623-640

  Finkelstein, Beth S ^a   Harper, Dwain L ^a   Rosenthal, Gary E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Health services research; Outcome assessment; Patient satisfaction; Quality of healthcare; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; OHIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032978149     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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