A comparison of patient-reported quality between inpatient services for mental and physical health: A tertiary-hospital-based survey in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is widely acknowledged that quality of mental health services is routinely worse than physical health services across countries. However, studies separately investigating mental health services often report high-level satisfaction, even comparing with physical health services. Therefore, this study aimed to compare patient-reported quality between inpatient services for mental and physical health in China.

Methods

An inpatient survey was conducted among service users of mental and physical health services. Patient-reported quality was measured by the responsiveness performance questionnaire after patient discharge and based on patients' multiple experiences of hospitalization in the past 3 years. Chi-square tests were performed to compare the two patient groups

SUBMITTER: Zhou W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9949676 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature