Patient perceptions of quality in discharge instruction

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-68

  Clark, Paul Alexander ^a   Drain, Maxwell ^a   Gesell, Sabina B ^a   Mylod, Deirdre M ^a   Kaldenberg, Dennis O ^a   Hamilton, Julie ^a  

^a Press Ganey Associates Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services; Patient discharge; Patient education; Patient satisfaction; Patients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 25844486971     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2004.09.010     Document Type: Article

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