title: Well-being. In pursuit of happiness.
abstract: The previously neglected performance measure of 'satisfaction' is now being gauged by government. A new centre set up by the Office for National Statistics is measuring whether activity leads to improved quality. A raft of theorisis suggest that happiness is as key to good health as more clinical interventions.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gould
mesh_terms: D006779:Hospitals, Public; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom