Barriers to participation in a patient satisfaction survey: Who are we missing?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Gayet Ageron, Angèle ^a   Agoritsas, Thomas ^a   Schiesari, Laura ^b,c   Kolly, Véronique ^a   Perneger, Thomas V ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION SURVEY; POSTAL MAIL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 80055037005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026852     Document Type: Article

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