The patient experience of community hospital - The process of care as a determinant of satisfaction

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-101

  Small, Neil ^a   Green, John ^b   Spink, Joanna ^b   Forster, Anne ^b   Lowson, Karin ^c   Young, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community hospital; Elderly; Intermediate care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION CARE; SATISFACTION;

HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 33846902378     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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