Casting light on the concept of patient satisfaction by studying the construct validity and the sensitivity of a questionnaire

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 246-258

  Biering, Páll ^a   Becker, Heather ^b   Calvin, Amy ^c   Grobe, Susan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Patients; Sensitivity analysis; Statistics; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS;

EID: 33646859912     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860610661464     Document Type: Article

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