Improving the Assessment of (In)patients' Satisfaction with Hospital Care

Medical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 270-283

  Hendriks, A A J ^a,b   Vrielink, M R ^a   Smets, E M A ^a   Van Es, S Q ^a   De Haes, J C J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Patients; Questionnaires; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0035292740     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200103000-00007     Document Type: Article

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