Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care as an Outcome Variable: Dilemmas for Nursing Evaluation Researchers.

Lin, Chia-Chin

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ERIC Number: EJ526979

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care as an Outcome Variable: Dilemmas for Nursing Evaluation Researchers.

Lin, Chia-Chin

Journal of Professional Nursing, v12 n4 p207-16 Jul-Aug 1996

Patient satisfaction is an important indicator of the quality of nursing care. However, it raises numerous dilemmas: lack of consistent conceptualization and a theoretical framework, lack of reliable measurement approaches, and inconsistency of instruments. (SK)

Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Medical Care Evaluation, Nursing Research, Patients, Research Problems, Satisfaction

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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