Patient Satisfaction - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Patients' preferences for positioning during phaco-emulsification under topical-intracameral anaesthesia.

30 Aug 2009 In many eye departments it is routine to ask patients to lie completely flat for cataract surgery. However, many patients prefer not to lie completely flat, if given the choice. It is our practice to ensure patients are in a comfortable position ... Read more...

A comparison of patient acceptance of fingerstick whole blood and oral fluid rapid HIV screening in an emergency department.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Although whole blood rapid HIV testing has a greater sensitivity and specificity compared with oral fluid (OF) testing, patients prefer HIV testing using OF specimen collection. Whether patient preference for noninvasive collection ... Read more...

Key quality aspect: a fundamental step for quality improvement in a resource-poor setting.

8 Aug 2009 The objective of the study is to identify user's perception of key quality aspects of the hospital and its influence on willingness to pay. The study was conducted in 2001 in Dhading District Hospital, Nepal. This was a descriptive, cross-sectional ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Patient Satisfaction - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The uninsured with chronic back pain lament, "I can't get no... satisfaction". 30 Aug 2009
• Patients' preferences for positioning during phaco-emulsification under topical-intracameral anaesthesia. 30 Aug 2009
• A comparison of patient acceptance of fingerstick whole blood and oral fluid rapid HIV screening in an emergency department. 30 Aug 2009
• Key quality aspect: a fundamental step for quality improvement in a resource-poor setting. 8 Aug 2009
• Clinical results of multiple fibrous band release for the external snapping hip. 5 Aug 2009
• Patient satisfaction in New Zealand. 5 Aug 2009
• Evolution of patients' complaints in a French university hospital: is there a contribution of a law regarding patients' rights? 4 Aug 2009
• Dissatisfaction with hospital care for children with sickle cell disease not due only to race and chronic disease. 30 Jul 2009
• The functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) procedure as experienced by healthy participants and stroke patients--a pilot study. 29 Jul 2009
• Women's preferences for place of delivery in rural Tanzania: a population-based discrete choice experiment. 14 Jul 2009
• Patient experiences and health system responsiveness in South Africa. 12 Jul 2009
• Measuring patient's expectation and the perception of quality in LASIK services. 8 Jul 2009
• Homeopathy in the public health system: a seven-year observational study at Lucca Hospital (Italy). 29 Jun 2009
• Thinking out of the national box: what is there to learn? 29 Jun 2009
• Satisfaction of 13,655 patients with laser vision correction at 1 month after surgery. 29 Jun 2009
• [Women's opinions regarding gynaecological examination in a hospital] 29 Jun 2009
• Experiences of early labour (1): contact with health professionals. 29 Jun 2009
• How are we doing? 29 Jun 2009
• The use of recombinant human bone morphogenic protein in posterior interbody fusions of the lumbar spine: a clinical series. 29 Jun 2009
• Research news and notes. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Patient Satisfaction'

Definition: The degree to which the individual regards the health care service or product or the manner in which it is delivered by the provider as useful, effective, or beneficial.

Descriptor UI: D017060

Alternative terms: Patient Satisfaction; Satisfaction, Patient; Patient Preference; Patient Preferences; Preference, Patient; Preferences, Patient;

Related Mesh Headings: Patient Acceptance of Health Care;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; ethnology; legislation & jurisprudence; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: N04.452.822.360.600; N05.300.150.600.630; N05.715.360.600;

Online Note: use CONSUMER SATISFACTION to search PATIENT SATISFACTION 1982-91

History Note: 92; was see CONSUMER SATISFACTION 1982-91