Measuring patient assessments of the quality of outpatient care: A systematic review

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-154

  Säilä, Tiina ^a,c   Mattila, Elina ^a   Kaila, Minna ^b   Aalto, Pirjo ^a   Kaunonen, Marja ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adult; Ambulatory care; Outpatients; Patient satisfaction; Quality of health care; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA EXTRACTION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AMBULATORY CARE; HUMANS; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 38349080864     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00824.x     Document Type: Review

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