Subjective well-being and the measurement of quality in healthcare

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-34

  Lee, Henry ^a   Vlaev, Ivo ^a   King, Dominic ^a   Mayer, Erik ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Dolan, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient experience; Quality; Quality of life; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WELLBEING;

PATIENT EXPERIENCE; QUALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84890391224     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.09.027     Document Type: Article

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