Measuring satisfaction and quality of anaesthesia care: The value of psychometric methodology

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 541-554

  Fung, Donald ^a   Cohen, Marsha ^b  

^a North Bay General Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Patient satisfaction; Psychometric methods; Questionnaire design

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035710808     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bean.2001.0190     Document Type: Article

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