Changes in patient experiences of hospital care during the pandemic

JAMA Health Forum

2023-08-25

(Press-News.org) About The Study: The results of this study suggest that higher-staffed and higher-performing hospitals were more resilient to the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, but by late 2021, patients’ experience of care had declined in all hospitals.

Authors: Marc N. Elliott, Ph.D., of the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.2766)

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