(1) Background: Patients' experiences and satisfaction with their treatment are becoming
increasingly important in the context of quality assurance, but the measurement of these …

Teaching hospitals are widely reputed to provide high‐quality care, eliciting very positive
public opinions in surveys across the United States (Boscarino 1992). The US News and …

Background We used a validated inpatient satisfaction questionnaire to evaluate the health
care received by patients admitted to several hospitals. This questionnaire was factored into …

Objectives. To examine patient satisfaction with and recommendation of a hospital, with a
special focus on the correlation of these measures to patient ratings of interpersonal and …

Purpose To compare the performance of US teaching and nonteaching hospitals using a
portfolio of contemporary, publicly reported metrics. Method The authors classified acute …

Objectives. To determine which patient characteristics are associated with reports and
ratings of hospital care, and to evaluate how adjusting reports and ratings for hospital …

Interest in organizational contributions to the delivery of care has risen significantly in recent
years. A challenge facing researchers, practitioners, and policy makers is identifying ways to …

Patient experience surveys have become a key source of evidence for supporting decision-
making and continuous quality improvement within healthcare services. To harness free-text …

Objective. To develop a psychometrically sound, hospital patient satisfaction questionnaire
to be administered to patients discharged from medical and surgical services. Design. Cross …

Purpose To compare the quality of care in teaching hospitals with that in nonteaching
hospitals. Method By performing a literature review via PubMed, the author identified and …