Predictors of patient satisfaction with hospital health care

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Quintana, José M ^a   González, Nerea ^a   Bilbao, Amaia ^b   Aizpuru, Felipe ^c   Escobar, Antonio ^d   Esteban, Cristóbal ^a   San Sebastián, José Antonio ^e   De La Sierra, Emilio ^d   Thompson, Andrew ^f  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^b Fundación Vasca de Innovación e Investigación Sanitarias   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH VISITOR; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL WARD; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 33749259409     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-102     Document Type: Article

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