Relationship between hospital performance on a patient satisfaction survey and surgical quality

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 858-864

  Sacks, Greg D ^a,b   Lawson, Elise H ^a,b   Dawes, Aaron J ^a,b   Russell, Marcia M ^a,b   Maggard Gibbons, Melinda ^a,b   Zingmond, David S ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLEEDING DISORDER; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISSEMINATED CANCER; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SMOKING; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL QUALITY; SURGICAL WOUND; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; ODDS RATIO; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942014831     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: 21686262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1108     Document Type: Article

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