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Does religion influence patient satisfaction?
1Sinai Urban Health Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Chicago, IL 60608, USA. benmau@sinai.org
Objectives:
To determine if patient satisfaction varies by level of individual religiosity.
Methods:
Data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally representative sample of older adults in the United States, were used to assess the relationship between religious salience (importance) and patients' satisfaction with their health care encounters.
Results:
Higher levels of religious salience are significantly related to being very satisfied with one's health care, even after demographic, social, and health variables are taken into account.
Conclusions:
Researchers, practitioners, and administrators should be aware that religion may significantly influence how patients rate their health care experiences.
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