Journal of healthcare quality research
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Comparative Study
Spanish and Catalan translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the Picker Patient Experience Questionnaire-15.
To develop and test a culturally adapted core set of questions to measure patients' experience after in-patient care. ⋯ The obtained experience patient questionnaire, in Spanish and Catalan, shows good results in the psychometric properties evaluated and could be a useful tool to identify opportunities for health care improvement in our context. Email could become a feasible tool for greater patient participation in everything that concerns his health.
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Multicenter Study
[Asymmetries in the hospital treatment of acute ischemic stroke].
To analyze the degree of implementation of the protocolized care for acute stroke in the Spanish emergency departments and to discuss the territorial differences in the treatment of stroke. ⋯ Urgencies plays a fundamental role in the chain of care of stroke treatment. There is a worrying variability between centers in the management of the stroke.