Do hospitals rank differently on HCAHPS for different patient subgroups?

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-73

  Elliott, Marc N ^a   Lehrman, William G ^b   Goldstein, Elizabeth ^b   Hambarsoomian, Katrin ^b   Beckett, Megan K ^b   Giordano, Laura A ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^c Health Services Advisory Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care surveys; Patient satisfaction; Patient subgroup differences; Quality of inpatient health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATERNITY WARD; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; RACE; SURGICAL WARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649085504     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558709339066     Document Type: Article

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