Impact of isolation on hospital consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems scores: Is isolation isolating?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 513-516

  Vinski, Joan ^a   Bertin, Mary ^a   Sun, Zhiyuan ^a   Gordon, Steven M ^a   Bokar, Daniel ^a   Merlino, James ^a   Fraser, Thomas G ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL CONSUMER ASSESSMENT OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND SYSTEMS SCORE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, ISOLATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 84859303978     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665314     Document Type: Article

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