Quality of Care and Patient Satisfaction in Hospitals With High Concentrations of Black Patients

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-310

  Brooks Carthon, J Margo ^a   Kutney Lee, Ann ^a   Sloane, Douglas M ^a   Cimiotti, Jeannie P ^a   Aiken, Linda H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Health disparities; Nursing; Patient satisfaction; Quality

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FLORIDA; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80052261513     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01403.x     Document Type: Article

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