Rural Disparities in Hospital Patient Satisfaction: Multilevel Analysis of the Massachusetts AHA, SID, and HCAHPS Data

Introduction: Hospital patient satisfaction has been a salient policy concern. We examined rurality’s impact on patient satisfaction measures. Methodology: We examined patients (age 50 and up) from 65 rural and urban hospitals in Massachusetts, using the merged data from 2007 American Hospital Assoc...

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Main Authors: Yu (Sunny) Kang PhD, MS, MPP, MPA, Huey-Ming Tzeng PhD, RN, FAAN, Ting Zhang PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of Patient Experience
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2374373519862933