Patient satisfaction: An increasingly important measure of quality

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 764-765

  Tomlinson, James S ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN INCOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; STOMACH CANCER; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646564709     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2006.01.904     Document Type: Editorial

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