The Relation Between Health Status Changes and Patient Satisfaction in Older Hospitalized Medical Patients
Covinsky K, Rosenthal G, Chren M, Justice A, Fortinsky R, Palmer R, Landefeld C. The Relation Between Health Status Changes and Patient Satisfaction in Older Hospitalized Medical Patients. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 1998, 13: 223-229. PMID: 9565384, PMCID: PMC1496938, DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00071.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient satisfactionMean satisfaction scoreHealth statusMedical patientsHospital careSatisfaction scoresProspective cohort studyOlder medical patientsPatient satisfaction questionnairePatient outcome measuresTendency of patientsGlobal healthHealth status changesHospital outcomesCohort studyGreater satisfactionStable healthHealthy patientsTeaching hospitalOutcome measuresDaily livingPatientsAdmissionMultivariate analysisSimilar satisfaction