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TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring patient experience
T2 - Concepts and methods
AU - Ahmed, Faraz
AU - Burt, Jenni
AU - Roland, Martin
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Providing a good patient experience is a key part of providing high-quality medical care. This paper explains why patient experience is important in its own right, and its relationship to other domains of quality. We describe methods of measuring patient experience, including issues relating to validity, reliability and response bias. Differences in reported patient experience may sometimes reflect differences in expectations of different population groups and we describe the arguments for and against adjusting patient experience data for population characteristics. As with other quality improvement strategies, feeding back patient experience data on its own is unlikely to improve quality: sustained and multiple interventions are usually required to deliver sustained improvements in care.
AB - Providing a good patient experience is a key part of providing high-quality medical care. This paper explains why patient experience is important in its own right, and its relationship to other domains of quality. We describe methods of measuring patient experience, including issues relating to validity, reliability and response bias. Differences in reported patient experience may sometimes reflect differences in expectations of different population groups and we describe the arguments for and against adjusting patient experience data for population characteristics. As with other quality improvement strategies, feeding back patient experience data on its own is unlikely to improve quality: sustained and multiple interventions are usually required to deliver sustained improvements in care.
KW - National Health Service
KW - Patient Experience
KW - Communication Skill Training
KW - Quality Improvement Strategy
KW - Mystery Shopper
U2 - 10.1007/s40271-014-0060-5
DO - 10.1007/s40271-014-0060-5
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24831941
AN - SCOPUS:84906938985
VL - 7
SP - 235
EP - 241
JO - The Patient
JF - The Patient
SN - 1178-1653
IS - 3
ER -