Psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Hospital-level Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey® instrument

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 284-301

  Arah, Onyebuchi A ^a,b   Ten Asbroek, A H A ^a   Delnoij, Diana M J ^c   De Koning, Johan S ^a   Stam, Piet J A ^d,e   Poll, Aldien H ^d   Vriens, Barbara ^d   Schmidt, Paul F ^d   Klazinga, Niek S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d Agis Health Insurance   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CAHPS ; Cross cultural translation; Dutch health care; Hospitals; Patient experiences of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL LEVEL CONSUMER ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH PLANS SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; NURSING; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33644894803     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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