Background Little is known about patients' hospital experience and satisfaction after lung
cancer surgery. We sought to determine how length of hospital stay (LOS) and postoperative …

Objectives: Although it has long been known that communication with medical professionals
presents a strong relationship with patient satisfaction, research on this topic has been …

Objectives: What are the differences between elective and trauma patient satisfaction and do
patient and diagnosis factors predict physician scores? Design: Prospective cohort study …

Abstract Background The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and
Systems (HCAHPS) score is a nationally standardized measure of a patient's inpatient …

Quality metrics are the methods by which hospitals and insurers measure the quality of care
at a particular institution or practice. Examples of quality metrics include structural measures …