Patients are key players in healthcare debates
Patients' preferences, evaluations, and accounts must not be overlooked
in efforts to improve the quality and delivery of health care. In the
third of three articles on improving the quality of health care,
Wensing and Elwyn describe recommended measures and methods of
incorporating patients' views about what they want from health services
(p 877). They say that qualitative studies will help assess the
validity of patients' views, and should be promoted. Including
patients' views should have a positive impact on the processes and
outcomes of health care.
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