Respect- Doctors, Hospital
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Thinking about all the doctors and specialists you have seen at a hospital in the last 12 months, how often did they show respect for what you had to say- was it always, often, sometimes, rarely or never? Answer options: always, often, sometimes, rarely, never, didn't see any doctors or specialists.
Numerator
A subset of the denominator that represents patients aged 16 and older who responded to questions regarding doctors and specialists providing respect within a hospital setting.
Denominator
Patients aged 16 and older who responded to questions regarding doctors providing respect within an hospital setting.
Exclusions
Australian permanent defence force members and their dependants, non-Australian defence forces, residents of the Indigenous Community Strata, persons living in non-private dwellings such as hotels, university residences, boarding schools, hospitals, nursing homes, homes for people with disabilities, and prisons.