Comparing patient reports about hospital care across a Canadian-US border

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-104

  Brown, Adalsteinn D ^a   Sandoval, Guillermo A ^a   Murray, Michael ^a   Boissonnault, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Niagara Health Quality Coalition   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross jurisdictional comparisons; Hospital performance indicators; Perceptions of hospital care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; ONTARIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 41149156484     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzm061     Document Type: Article

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