Editorial Commentary: Causes of Patient Dissatisfaction May Be Modifiable

Adapting Tolstoy, “Satisfied patients are all alike; every dissatisfied patient is dissatisfied in their own way.” We need to learn the reasons why patients are dissatisfied. Whereas happy patients receive the same procedures for similar indications as unhappy patients, evidence supports a clear association betwe en negative psychological function and worse preoperative and postoperative patient-reported outcome measures. Thus, the unhappy patient might be where we can make most improvement in patient care.
Source: Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Editorial Commentary Source Type: research