Patient Satisfaction with Health Services

Dear Colleagues,

Koos, in the 1950s, and Donabedian, in the 1960s, incorporated the patient’s perspective as a measure of the outcome of healthcare. In the 1970s, the measures of patient satisfaction experienced further growth, and we paid attention to what patients had to say. Today, in the 21st century, it has become evident that the role assigned to patients in their relationship with health professionals and healthcare organizations needs to be reoriented.

This issue of IJERPH focuses on research and experiences related to patient satisfaction measures and how patients are involved in the outcome assessment. This may include a description of new challenges, approaches or instruments to assess patient satisfaction in hospitalization, inpatient and outpatient surgery, mental health, primary care, telemedicine, the results of implementing a patient-centered approach, the impact of new interventions to increase patient satisfaction, the experiences of patients with chronic conditions, or the assessment of the support received to overcome the burdens that caregivers of these patients suffer.

In this special issue, we invite researchers in public health, management, quality assurance, epidemiology, health economics, and other social sciences to submit high quality empirical papers or systematical reviews related to the issues in this research area.

Prof. José Joaquín Mira
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.