Patient evaluation of hospital outcomes: An analysis of open-ended comments from extreme clusters in a national survey

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Iversen, Hilde Hestad ^a   Bjertnæs, Øyvind Andresen ^a   Skudal, Kjersti Eeg ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84901913380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004848     Document Type: Article

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