Who's behind an HCAHPS score?

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 461-468

  Wild, Dorothea M G ^a   Kwon, Nancy ^b   Dutta, Suparna ^c   Tessier Sherman, Baylah ^d   Woddor, Navitha ^a   Sipsma, Heather L ^b   Rizzo, Tara ^e   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^b  

^a GRIFFIN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Griffin Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 80053290424     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(11)37059-6     Document Type: Article

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