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Consumer views of health care: a comparison of hospital and home care
Author(s) -
WHILE ALISON E.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1992.tb00345.x
Subject(s) - nursing , health care , home health , medicine , psychology , economics , economic growth
Summary A small interview study ( n = 40) is described. Families were generally satisfied with their health care experience although they expressed a clear preference for home care as compared with hospitalization. A significant group of parents identified lack of information as a shortcoming of hospital care.