Effectiveness of group versus individual hearing aid visits

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 739-750

  Collins, Margaret P ^a,b   Souza, Pamela E ^b   O'Neill, Sami ^a,b   Yueh, Bevan ^a,b,c  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Group visits (non Medical Subject Heading); Health resources; Health services research; Hearing aids; Hearing impaired; Hearing loss; Outcome assessment; Patient satisfaction; Rehabilitation of hearing impaired; Veterans

Indexed keywords

GROUP VISITS (NON-MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADING); HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEARING IMPAIRED; HEARING LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; VETERANS;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEARING AIDS; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); PATIENT REHABILITATION; SURVEYS;

AUDITION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEARING AID; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; VETERAN; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEARING LOSS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS FITTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 65849465969     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2007.02.0029     Document Type: Article

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