Selecting predictors of cancer patients's overall perceptions of the quality of care received

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 151-156

  Sandoval, G A ^a   Levinton, C ^a   Blackstien Hirsch, P ^a   Brown, Adalsteinn D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Patient satisfaction; Perceptions of the quality of care; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SANITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; ONTARIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 29844436622     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdj020     Document Type: Article

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