A Consumer Health Information System to Assist Patients Select Quality Home Health Services
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Patients evaluate the quality of home health agencies (HHAs) using the Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey. This paper describes a prototype community health information system to help patients select appropriate and quality HHAs, according to the location, proprietary status, type of service, and year of HHA establishment. Five HCAHPS indicators were ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Technologies
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2227-7080
DOI: 10.3390/technologies5040076