Rurality and Patients' Hospital Experience: A Multisite Analysis from a US Healthcare System

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Explores the relationship between the patient experience at a Midwestern hospital system and patients' rurality of residence using data from completed Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) surveys between 2016 and 2019. Analyzes data for global, composite, and individual HCAHPS measures by hospital and patient characteristics.

Iman Fawad, Karen M. Fischer, Hanieh Sadat Tabatabaei Yeganeh, et al.

PLoS One, 19(8), e0308564

08/2024

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Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data