Patient experiences with public hospital care: First benchmark survey in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 371-380

  Wong, Eliza L Y ^a   Coulter, Angela ^b   Cheung, Annie W L ^a   Yam, Carrie H K ^a   Yeoh, E K ^a   Griffiths, Sian M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient acceptance of health care; Patient satisfaction; Primary health care; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HONG KONG INPATIENT EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BENCHMARKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870929630     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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