Patients focus with an eye on the bottom line: using patients surveys for quality improvement.
Measuring patient satisfaction is one of the best ways to measure quality. Measuring patient satisfaction, however, is not as simple as writing a few questions. Agencies need to consider many factors as they develop questionnaires that will help them determine specific points to improve.
Seibert
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Advocate Health Care, Park Ridge, IL, USA.
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