The importance of place of residence in patient satisfaction

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 495-502

  Levinton, Carey ^a   Veillard, Jeremy ^b   Slutsky, Arthur ^c   Brown, Adalsteinn ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hospital performance; Patient satisfaction; Quality measurement; Risk adjustment; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEX;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80052725370     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzr048     Document Type: Article

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