Table 1

Questionnaire details

Question no.Wording of question
1Did the clinicians* talk to you in a way that was easy to understand?
2Do you have confidence in the clinicians' professional skills?
3Did you get sufficient information about how examinations and tests were to be performed?
4Did you get sufficient information about your diagnosis/conditions?
5Did you perceive the treatment to be adapted to your situation?
6Were you involved in decisions regarding your treatment?
7Did you perceive the institution work practices to be well organised?
8Did you perceive the equipment at the institution to be in good working order?
9Overall, was the help and treatment you received at the institution satisfactory?
10Do you believe that you were in any way given incorrect treatment (according to your own judgement)?
11Did you have to wait before you were given an appointment at the institution?
12Overall, what benefit have you had from the care at the institution?
13Did the hospital specialist lack basic medical information from your GP about the reason for your visit or test results?
14After you saw the hospital specialist, did your GP lack important information about the care you got from the specialist?
15Was the referral to the outpatient department necessary (according to your own judgement)?
16aWere you referred by your GP for the outpatient appointment?
16bIf no in question 16a; who referred you?
17If you take an overview of your entire treatment process, how would you evaluate the institution?
  • *With ‘clinicians’, we mean those who had the main treatment responsibility. This is linguistically clearer in the Norwegian wording.