Measuring outcomes from the patients' perspective

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 143-146

  Middleton, Sandy ^a   Lumby, Judy ^b  

^a CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nursing; Outcomes; Patient satisfaction; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033187047     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172x.1999.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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