Patient experience in safety-net hospitals: Implications for improving care and value-based purchasing

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1204-1210

  Chatterjee, Paula ^a   Joynt, Karen E ^a,b,c,d   Orav, E John ^a,b,d   Jha, Ashish K ^a,b,c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HOSPITAL POLICY; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAID; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STANDARD OF CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866093354     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.3158     Document Type: Article

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