Evaluation of patient satisfaction with nursing care: Quantitative or qualitative approach?

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 355-367

  Merkouris, Anastasios ^a   Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth D E ^b   Lemonidou, Chryssoula ^b  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Patient satisfaction; Quality of care; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 1642619431     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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