TY - JOUR AU - Sack, Cornelia AU - Lütkes, Peter AU - Günther, Wolfram AU - Erbel, Raimund AU - Jöckel, Karl-Heinz AU - Holtmann, Gerald J. PY - 2010 DA - 2010/05/12 TI - Challenging the holy grail of hospital accreditation: A cross sectional study of inpatient satisfaction in the field of cardiology JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 120 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - Subjective parameters such as quality of life or patient satisfaction gain importance as outcome parameters and benchmarks in health care. In many countries hospitals are now undergoing accreditation as mandatory or voluntary measures. It is believed but unproven that accreditations positively influence quality of care and patient satisfaction. The present study aims to assess in a defined specialty (cardiology) the relationship between patient satisfaction (as measured by the recommendation rate) and accreditation status. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-120 DO - 10.1186/1472-6963-10-120 ID - Sack2010 ER -