Patients' and clinicians' views of comparing the performance of providers of surgery: A qualitative study

Health Expectations

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 366-378

  Hildon, Zoe ^a   Allwood, Dominique ^a   Black, Nick ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient reported outcome measures; Patients' views; Provider comparisons; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGEON;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGEONS;

EID: 84928762931     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12037     Document Type: Article

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