Do adolescent inpatient wards make a difference? Findings from a national young patient survey

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 749-755

  Viner, Russell M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Health service research; Hospital; Inpatient; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX ROLE; WARD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 35148864412     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3293     Document Type: Article

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