Qual Saf Health Care
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Qual Saf Health Care · Dec 2005
Comparative StudyHearing half the message? A re-audit of the care of patients with acute asthma by emergency ambulance crews in London.
An initial audit of the care provided to emergency asthma patients by the ambulance service was carried out in 1996. Some under-recognition and under-treatment of severe asthma was found as well as a lack of documentation of patient condition on scene. A re-audit was undertaken in 1999. ⋯ Messages from the first audit seem to have been acted upon selectively. Implementing change is complex, and re-audit is necessary to understand the effects of the changes made.
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Qual Saf Health Care · Dec 2005
The OutPatient Experiences Questionnaire (OPEQ): data quality, reliability, and validity in patients attending 52 Norwegian hospitals.
To describe the development and evaluation of the OutPatient Experiences Questionnaire (OPEQ) for somatic outpatients. ⋯ The OPEQ is a self-administered questionnaire that includes the most important aspects of patient experience from an outpatient perspective. It has good evidence for internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and validity.