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Patient experiences of inpatient hospital care: A department matter and a hospital matter
Krol,Maarten W. De Boer,Dolf Sixma,Herman Van der Hoek,Lucas Rademakers,Jany J. D. J. M. Delnoij,Diana M.
Krol,Maarten W.
De Boer,Dolf
Sixma,Herman
Van der Hoek,Lucas
Rademakers,Jany J. D. J. M.
Delnoij,Diana M.
Abstract
Objective To examine the added value of measuring and possibly presenting patient experiences at the department level, in addition to the hospital level, and to explore the possibility that patient experiences differ according to the ‘type’ of hospital department. Design Secondary analysis of data from a widely used survey on patient experiences of Dutch inpatient hospital care [Consumer Quality Index (CQI) Inpatient Hospital Care]. Setting Inpatient hospital care experience survey of patients of 78 Dutch hospitals. Participants A total of 15 171 randomly selected inpatients from 78 Dutch hospitals, who had at least one night of hospitalization between October 2006 and October 2007. Main outcome measures Explained variance in patient experiences at the department level, compared with the explained variance at the hospital level. Significant differences in patient experiences between types of departments, expressed in regression coefficients. Patient experiences were measured using validated quality indicators, calculated from specific survey items. Results Adding the department level to the analyses of patient experiences is statistically worthwhile for a number of quality indicators of the CQI Inpatient Hospital Care, and will enable the presentation of more detailed results within hospitals. Furthermore, the results indicated that there are some systematic differences in patient experiences between specific types of hospital departments across hospitals. However, the proportion of variance in experiences explained by both department and hospital is limited (max. 14%). Conclusions Analyses of quality information on patient experiences of inpatient hospital care should not only take the hospital level, but also at the more specific department level into account. Keywords: quality of health care, patient satisfaction, survey methodology, hospitals, statistics Topic: hospital departments, inpatient, quality indicators, continuous quality improvement, measures of outcome, hospital care
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2015
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quality of health care, patient satisfaction, survey methodology, hospitals, statistics
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Krol, M W, De Boer, D, Sixma, H, Van der Hoek, L, Rademakers, J J D J M & Delnoij, D M 2015, 'Patient experiences of inpatient hospital care : A department matter and a hospital matter', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 17-25. https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzu090