Journal of Surgical Research
Volume 164, Issue 1 , Pages e53-e59 , November 2010

Factors Associated with Patient Satisfaction in Surgery: The Role of Patients’ Perceptions of Received Care, Visit Characteristics, and Demographic Variables

  • Tonio Schoenfelder, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Dresden Medical School, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationTo whom correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed at Department of Public Health, Dresden Medical School, University of Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
    • ,
  • Joerg Klewer, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Dresden Medical School, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    • Department of Public Health and Health Care Management, University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, Zwickau, Germany
    • ,
  • Joachim Kugler, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Dresden Medical School, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Received 28 April 2010

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PII: S0022-4804(10)00678-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.08.001

Journal of Surgical Research
Volume 164, Issue 1 , Pages e53-e59 , November 2010

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