Patient satisfaction with hospital rehabilitation: Validation of the SAT-16 questionnaire through Rasch analysis

Minerva Medica

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Ottonello, M ^a   Franchignoni, F ^a   Giordano, A ^a   Benevolo, E ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Patient satisfaction; Psychometrics; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SAT 16 QUESTIONNAIRE;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; ITALY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION CENTERS;

EID: 84860244183     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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