The public gets what the public wants: Experiences of public reporting in long-term care in Europe

Health Policy

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-94

  Rodrigues, Ricardo ^a   Trigg, Lisa ^b   Schmidt, Andrea E ^a   Leichsenring, Kai ^a  

^a European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research   (Austria)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Europe; Long term care; Patient participation; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERNET; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BENCHMARKING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84898861168     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.12.012     Document Type: Review

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