Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare is a research topic within General Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 27.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the factors influencing patient satisfaction with healthcare, including the measurement of patient satisfaction, public reporting of healthcare quality, the impact of patient experience on clinical outcomes, and strategies for quality improvement. It also explores the role of physician ratings, hospital care, and health system responsiveness in shaping patient satisfaction.
- Patient Satisfaction
- Healthcare Quality
- Public Reporting
- Clinical Outcomes
- Patient Experience
- Quality Improvement
- Physician Ratings
- Hospital Care
- Health System Responsiveness
- Consumer Assessment
- Research works
- 24k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 27.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +28% the tick is no change
This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.
Which countries lead Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.2k and 286 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.2k works
- 2 United Kingdom 286 works
- 3 Indonesia 239 works
- 4 India 210 works
- 5 China 194 works
- 6 Türkiye 173 works
- 7 Australia 165 works
- 8 Brazil 140 works
- 9 Canada 133 works
- 10 Saudi Arabia 127 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Harvard University publishes the most Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Pelita Harapan University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 18 works
- 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 17 works
- 3 Pelita Harapan UniversityIndonesia 16 works
- 4 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 15 works
- 5 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 14 works
- 6 Ministry of HealthSaudi Arabia 14 works
- 7 University of TorontoCanada 13 works
- 8 University of MichiganUnited States 13 works
- 9 Yale UniversityUnited States 12 works
- 10 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare include Jasvinder A. Singh.
- 1 Jasvinder A. Singh United States 4.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare research done?
The largest centres of Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Boston (United States) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Riyadh.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 London United Kingdom 78 works
- 2 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 65 works
- 3 Boston United States 59 works
- 4 New York United States 49 works
- 5 Istanbul Türkiye 38 works
- 6 Baltimore United States 38 works
- 7 Tehran Iran 37 works
- 8 Melbourne Australia 34 works
- 9 Seoul South Korea 34 works
- 10 Washington D.C. United States 33 works
Where it is the local speciality
- RiyadhSA · 65.2 works5.6×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare?
Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Iran University of Medical Sciences and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 61.7 | 34.8% | 3.3× | 18 | +35.0% |
| 2 | Iran University of Medical SciencesIran | 57.4 | 23.9% | 7.9× | 9 | +184.9% |
| 3 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States | 51.4 | 37.8% | 4.5× | 10 | +65.8% |
| 4 | Pelita Harapan UniversityIndonesia | 48.2 | 2.1% | 11.6× | 16 | — |
| 5 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States | 44.1 | 10.5% | 2.3× | 18 | +222.2% |
| 6 | King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia | 42.8 | 31.0% | 2.4× | 10 | +18.5% |
| 7 | Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States | 42.5 | 22.1% | 3.1× | 14 | +31.5% |
| 8 | Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye | 42.5 | 10.8% | 5.5× | 14 | — |
| 9 | Duke UniversityUnited States | 41.0 | 28.0% | 3.2× | 10 | +88.9% |
| 10 | University of California, San FranciscoUnited States | 40.3 | 25.8% | 4.1× | 11 | +3.6% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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