Can patients assess the quality of health care?

Editorial

Angela Coulter. BMJ. 2006.

. 2006 Jul 1;333(7557):1-2.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.1.

No abstract available

Comment in

Patient involvement in health care will improve quality.
Hunter R, Cameron R. Hunter R, et al. BMJ. 2006 Jul 15;333(7559):147-8. doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7559.147-d. BMJ. 2006. PMID: 16840484 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Patients' own assessments of quality of primary care compared with objective records based measures of technical quality of care: cross sectional study.
Rao M, Clarke A, Sanderson C, Hammersley R. Rao M, et al. BMJ. 2006 Jul 1;333(7557):19. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38874.499167.7C. Epub 2006 Jun 22. BMJ. 2006. PMID: 16793783 Free PMC article.

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