Important attributes of quality health care: Consumer perspectives

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-172

  Oermann, Marilyn H ^a,b   Templin, Thomas ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Patient education; Quality of health care; Quality of nursing care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0033649099     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2000.00167.x     Document Type: Review

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