[Should patients automatically get copies of their medical reports?].
BACKGROUND
Since March 1997, the Department of Neurosurgery at Tromsø University Hospital has sent a copy of their medical report to all in-patients after discharge.


METHODS
We performed telephone interviews with 100 patients in order to obtain their views on getting a copy of the medical report after discharge.


RESULTS
All patients were satisfied with getting the report. They found the reports to be informative and a good supplement to the verbal information given at discharge. No-one, not even the seriously ill patients, had been frightened by the medical information in the reports.


CONCLUSIONS
Sending a copy of the medical report to all in-patients after discharge increases confidence between patient and doctor and improves patient satisfaction.
Trumpy
Jens Hugo
JH
Nevrokirurgisk avdeling Universitetssykehuset i Nord-Norge 9038 Tromsø.
D022126:Access to Information; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
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