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Percent of Patients Willing to Recommend the Unit (Patient Satisfaction)


Definition

Number of patients discharged from the unit who completed the patient satisfaction survey, divided by the number of discharged patients who answered the “willing to recommend” survey question as “top box,” multiplied by 100 to get the percentage.


Goal

95 percent of patients are “willing to recommend.”


Data Collection Plan

Collect data on the unit monthly. Use a random sample with a minimum of 25 patients.


Sample Graph
Sample Graph Percent of Patients Willing to Recommend the Unit
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