Patient satisfaction and quality of surgical care in US hospitals

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 2-8

  Tsai, Thomas C ^a,b   Orav, E John ^a,b   Jha, Ashish K ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Length of stay; Medicare; Patient satisfaction; Surgical quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930416053     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000765     Document Type: Article

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