Acute care and trauma surgeons: We can't get no satisfaction - What do satisfaction surveys measure?

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 731-734

  Rogers, Frederick B ^a   Krasne, Margaret ^a   Bradburn, Eric ^a   Rogers, Amelia ^a   Lee, John ^a   Wu, Daniel ^a   Evans, Tracy ^a   Edavettal, Mathew ^a   Horst, Michael A ^a   Osler, Turner ^b  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SATISFACTION SCORE; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN SATISFACTION SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCIES; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84863591776     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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