The Patient Experience: Antecedents, Structural Models and Links to Hospital Quality
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 11
Special Issue Editor
Interests: applied psychology; structural equation modeling; health and safety; health psychology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A call for papers is announced for a Special Issue on measuring patient experiences with the use of survey instruments. Submissions are invited on one or more of the following topics.
Firstly, contributions can explore the antecedents of patient safety experience levels, including how hospital characteristics and factors related to the work environment and culture influence patient perceptions. Secondly, papers are also sought that use structural models to examine the relationships between different patient experience dimensions and concepts. Thirdly, submitted research can investigate how patient experience measures relate to and can predict important outcomes and hospital quality indicators. Lastly, submissions are called for that focus on the theoretical and practical implications of patient experience research to move the field forward.
A wide range of methodological approaches is welcomed, including quantitative research and systematic reviews. The goal is to investigate the validity of patient experience measurement and build knowledge on how patient experience instruments can be used to improve real-world hospital quality of care.
Prof. Dr. Espen Olsen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- patient experiences
- psychometrics
- patient-reported experience measure (PREM)
- validity
- quality of care
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