Health status and satisfaction with health care: a longitudinal study among patients served by the Veterans Health Administration.
Am J Med Qual
; 16(5): 166-73, 2001.
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ABSTRACT
As the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) places high priority on becoming a performance-based organization, there is an increasing need to quantify and refine its outcome measurement system. Using panel data from VHA ambulatory care patients (1996-1998), we conducted cross-lagged correlations and ordinary least squares regression to examine the relationship between 2 VHA health care values health status and satisfaction with care. The study results indicated that patients' health status was significantly associated with their satisfaction with care, indicating that patients with better health status were more likely to be satisfied with health care. Although satisfaction with care was both a consequence and a determinant of health status, the effects of health status on satisfaction seemed to be more important than the effects of satisfaction on health status. More research is needed for a better understanding of the dynamic relationship between health status and satisfaction with care.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Nível de Saúde
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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Satisfação do Paciente
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Assistência Ambulatorial
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Med Qual
Assunto da revista:
SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos