Public versus private patient priorities and satisfaction in cataract surgery

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 482-487

  Pager, Chet K ^a,b   McCluskey, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Patient satisfaction; Private patients; Public patients

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444366031     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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