Chen Q, Beal EW, Okunrintemi V, Cerier E, Paredes A, Sun S, Olsen G, Pawlik TM. The Association Between Patient Satisfaction and Patient-Reported Health Outcomes.
J Patient Exp 2018;
6:201-209. [PMID:
31535008 PMCID:
PMC6739681 DOI:
10.1177/2374373518795414]
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Abstract
Objective:
Although patient satisfaction is increasingly used to rate hospitals, it is unclear how patient satisfaction is associated with health outcomes. We sought to define the relationship of self-reported patient satisfaction and health outcomes.
Design:
Retrospective cross-sectional analysis using regression analyses and generalized linear modeling.
Setting:
Utilizing the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Database (2010-2014), patients who had responses to survey questions related to satisfaction were identified.
Participants:
Among the 9166 patients, representing 106 million patients, satisfaction was rated as optimal (28.2%), average (61.1%), and poor (10.7%). Main Outcome Measures: We sought to define the relationship of self-reported patient satisfaction and health outcomes.
Results:
Patients who were younger, male, black/African American, with Medicaid insurance, as well as patients with lower socioeconomic status were more likely to report poor satisfaction (all P < .001). In the adjusted model, physical health score was not associated with an increased odds of poor satisfaction (1.42 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.88-2.28); however, patients with a poor mental health score or ≥2 emergency department visits were more likely to report poor overall satisfaction (3.91, 95% CI: 2.34-6.5; 2.24, 95% CI: 1.48-3.38, respectively).
Conclusion:
Poor satisfaction was associated with certain unmodifiable patient-level characteristics, as well as mental health scores. These data suggest that patient satisfaction is a complex metric that can be affected by more than provider performance.
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