Public reporting on quality, waiting times and patient experience in 11 high-income countries

Health Policy

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 377-383

  Rechel, Bernd ^a   McKee, Martin ^a   Haas, Marion ^b   Marchildon, Gregory P ^c   Bousquet, Frederic ^d   Blümel, Miriam ^e   Geissler, Alexander ^e   van Ginneken, Ewout ^e   Ashton, Toni ^f   Saunes, Ingrid Sperre ^g   Anell, Anders ^h   Quentin, Wilm ^e   Saltman, Richard ⁱ   Culler, Steven ⁱ   Barnes, Andrew ^j   Palm, Willy ^k   Nolte, Ellen ^l  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie des Travailleurs Salaries   (France)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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

^h LUND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Sweden)

ⁱ EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

^l LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Benchmarking; Patient satisfaction; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BINDING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; BENCHMARKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

BENCHMARKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84959577180     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.02.008     Document Type: Article

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