Patient satisfaction: A review of issues and concepts

This review presents issues arising from an analysis of over 100 papers published in the field of patient satisfaction. The published output appearing in the medical and nursing literature which incorporated the term “patient satisfaction” rose to a peak of over 1000 papers annually in 1994, reflect...

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Published in:Social Science & Medicine 1997-12, Vol.45 (12), p.1829-1843
Main Authors: Sitzia, John, Wood, Neil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Client Satisfaction
consumer satisfaction
Delivery Systems
evaluation
Health care
Health care delivery
Hospitals
Humans
Literature reviews
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Patient Satisfaction
patient satisfaction consumer satisfaction evaluation
Patients
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Quality of Health Care
Quality of service
Social research
United Kingdom
United States of America
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Summary:This review presents issues arising from an analysis of over 100 papers published in the field of patient satisfaction. The published output appearing in the medical and nursing literature which incorporated the term “patient satisfaction” rose to a peak of over 1000 papers annually in 1994, reflecting changes in service management especially in the U.K. and U.S.A. over the past decade. An introductory section discusses the setting and measurement of patient satisfaction within this wider context of changes in service delivery. Various models are examined that have attempted to define and interpret the idea of determining individual perceptions of the quality of health care delivered. Determinants of satisfaction are examined in relation to the literature on expectations, and demographic and psychosocial variables. These are distinguished from the multidimensional components of satisfaction as aspects of the delivery of care, identified by many authors. The review highlights the complexity and breadth of the literature in this field, the existence of which is often not acknowledged by researchers presenting the findings of studies.
ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00128-7