Perceived quality of an alternative to acute hospitalization: AN analytical study at a community hospital in Hallingdal, Norway

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-35

  Lappegard, Øystein ^a   Hjortdahl, Per ^b  

^a Drammen Hospital   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community hospitals; Intermediate care; Medical geography; Norway; Patient confidence; Perceived quality; Rural health; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL SOCIETY;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NORWAY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT STAFF RELATIONSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84908401613     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.014     Document Type: Article

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