Patient Perceptions of Quality: The Influence of Value and Beneficence

Emerging Model of Quality

“…Beck (1993) demonstrated a positive relationship between value as intrinsic worth, measured as patient goal-achievement, and beneficence, measured as diminished pain in hospitalized adults. Waldon (1994) found significant relationships between patientperceived quality of nursing care and value as intrinsic worth, measured as patient goal-achievement for three rank-ordered, patient-identified goals in a group of hospitalized adults. Hunter (1 994) demonstrated a significant relationship between patientperceived quality and beneficence, measured as patient-perceived beneficence of provider and care characteristics in a group of hospitalized postpartum women.…”