Goals and methodological issues in hospital patient satisfaction surveys. Analysis of the literature;Evaluation de la satisfaction des patients par les etablissements de soins. Revue de la litterature

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-184

  Labarere J ^a   Francois P ^a  

^a Unité d'Évaluation   (France)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Hospital; Patients' satisfaction; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW;

DATA COLLECTION; FRANCE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0038222499     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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