Healthcare needs and healthcare satisfaction from the perspective of parents of children with chronic conditions: The DISABKIDS approach towards instrument development

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 355-366

  Schmidt, S ^a   Thyen, U ^b   Chaplin, J ^c   Mueller Godeffroy, E ^b   Bullinger, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic condition; Cross national; Healthcare needs; Healthcare satisfaction; Instrument development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL EXPERT; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 42149108492     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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