Use of the acute care hospital foodservice patient satisfaction questionnaire to monitor trends in patient satisfaction with foodservice at an acute care private hospital

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-46

  Fallon, Andrew ^a   Gurr, Stephen ^b   Hannan Jones, Mary ^c   Bauer, Judith D ^d,e  

^a Mackay Community Health Centre   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d Wesley Research Institute   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food quality; Foodservice dimensions; Meal service quality; Physical environment; Quality improvement; Staff and service issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 40149083572     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2007.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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