Online assessment of patients' views on hospital performances using Rasch model's KIDMAP diagram

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chien, Tsair Wei ^a,b   Wang, Wen Chung ^c   Wang, Hsien Yi ^a   Lin, Hung Jung ^a,d  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049113040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-135     Document Type: Article

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