Is the length of stay in hospital correlated with patient satisfaction?

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 443-451

  Borghans, Ine ^a,b   Kleefstra, Sophia M ^c,d   Kool, Rudolf B ^a   Westert, Gert P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Welfare and Sport   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Prismant Health Care and Advise Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adverse events; benchmarking; Case mix or risk adjustment; Hospital care; Measurement of quality; Patient safety; Patient satisfaction; Quality indicators; Quality management; Quality measurement; Safety indicators; Setting of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CONVERSATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGY; OBSTETRICS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PULMONOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866354579     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs037     Document Type: Article

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