Improving patient satisfaction through information provision

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 439-447

  Billing, Kathryn ^a   Newland, Henry ^a   Selva, Dinesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer information; Ophthalmology; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANK SUM TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORRESPONDENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547414987     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01514.x     Document Type: Article

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