Improvement of psychometric properties of a scale measuring inpatient satisfaction with care: a better response rate and a reduction of the ceiling effect

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The objective was to solve two problems of an already validated scale measuring inpatient opinion on care: 1) a high non-response rate for some items due to the "not applicable" response option and 2) a skewed score distrib...

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Main Authors: Lombrail Pierre, Falissard Bruno, Pillet Nathalie, Nguyen Jean-Michel, Moret Leïla, Gasquet Isabelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/7/197