Satisfied to Death

A Spurious Result?

Mark W. Friedberg, Dana Gelb Safran, Eric C. Schneider

ResearchPosted on rand.org Jul 1, 2012Published in: Archives of Internal Medicine, v. 172, no. 14, Editor's Correspondence, July 2012, p. 1112

This letter suggests several methodological reasons why patients who have higher patient experience scores may also have greater hospitalization rates, total expenditures, and mortality.

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  • Copyright: American Medical Association
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2012
  • Pages: 1
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
  • Document Number: EP-50442

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