Relationship between clinical quality and patient experience: Analysis of data from the English quality and outcomes framework and the national GP patient survey

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 467-472

  Llanwarne, Nadia R ^a   Abel, Gary A ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^b   Paddison, Charlotte A M ^a   Lyratzopoulos, Georgios ^a   Campbell, John L ^c   Roland, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical quality; Health care; Patient experience; Quality indicators; Quality of health care; Technical quality of care

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL QUALITY; HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EXPERIENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS; STANDARD; TECHNICAL QUALITY OF CARE;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

CLINICAL QUALITY; HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EXPERIENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TECHNICAL QUALITY OF CARE;

EID: 84883812671     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1514     Document Type: Article

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