Adjusting for patient characteristics when analyzing reports from patients about hospital care

Medical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 635-641

  Hargraves, J Lee ^d   Wilson, Ira B ^a   Zaslavsky, Alan ^b   James, Cara ^b   Walker, Janice D ^c   Rogers, Gina ^e   Cleary, Paul D ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Picker Institute   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE   (United States)

^e Roxbury Compreh Comm Hlth C   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Patient satisfaction; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035374587     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200106000-00011     Document Type: Article

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