Patient perspectives on continuity of care: adaption and preliminary psychometric assessment of a Norwegian version of the Nijmegen Continuity Questionnaire (NCQ-N)

• Published in: BMC health services research Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 760
• Main Authors: Hetlevik, Øystein, Hustoft, Merethe, Uijen, Annemarie, Aßmus, Jörg, Gjesdal, Sturla
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 21.11.2017; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adaptation; Analysis; Caregivers; Continuity of care; Cooperation; Family medicine; General practice; Health service research; Health services; Healthcare; Hospitals; Language; Likert scale; Medical care quality; Medical personnel; Medical research; Patient care; Patient reported outcome measure; Patient satisfaction; Primary care; Professionals; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaires; Reforms; Rehabilitation; Surveys; Norway; Netherlands; Continuity of care; General practice; Healthcare; Health service research; Patient reported outcome measure

Continuity of care is regarded as a core quality element in healthcare. Continuity can be related to one or more specific caregivers but also applies to collaboration within a team or across boundaries of healthcare. Measuring continuity is important to identify problems and evaluate quality improve...