Patient satisfaction with anaesthesia care: Development of a psychometric questionnaire and benchmaking among six hospitals in Switzerland and Austria

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 863-872

  Heidegger, T ^a   Husemann, Y ^b   Nuebling, M ^c   Morf, D ^d   Sieber, T ^d   Huth, A ^e   Germann, R ^e   Innerhofer, P ^f   Faserl, A ^f   Schubert, C ^g   Geibinger, C ^g   Fluckiger K ^h   Coi, T ^h   Kreienbuhl G ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b PICKER INSTITUTE EUROPE   (United Kingdom)

^c Empirical Consulting   (Germany)

^d KANTONSSPITAL GRAUBÜNDEN   (Switzerland)

^e Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^g St Vincent's Hospital   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, audit; Measurement techniques, outcome; Research, anaesthesia; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036898370     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aef277     Document Type: Article

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