ASK ME!-Routine measurement of patient experience with patient safety in ambulatory care: A mixed-mode survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Routine measurement of patient safety from the patients' perspective receives increasing attention as an important component of safety measurement systems. The aim of this study was to examine patients' experience with patient safety in ambulatory care and the results' implications for routine patient safety measurement in ambulatory care.

Design

Cross-sectional mixed-mode survey.

Setting

General practitioner and specialist practices.

Participants

Patients aged >18 years seeking care in ambulatory care practices between February and June 2020.

Methods

A 22-item-questionnaire was completed in the practice or at home either on paper or online. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyse the influence of survey mode and patient characteri

SUBMITTER: Stahl K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8635405 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature