Rethinking satisfaction surveys: Minute survey

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 280-291

  Alemi, Farrokh ^a   Badr, Nadir ^b   Kulesz, Sharon ^b   Walsh, Cathy ^c   Neuhauser, Duncan ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fauquier Hospital   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 58149326900     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.QMH.0000338549.67393.7f     Document Type: Article

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