Quality of hospital care evaluated by Danish nurses and doctors--based on experience from their own or a close family member's hospitalization.

Introduction: No studies have systematically asked larger groups of health professionals about their own experience as patients. This study estimated the level of satisfaction with hospital care among health professionals based on experience from their own hospital admission or that of a close family member.

Methodology: A cross-sectional questionnaire study of 1995 doctors (41% women) and 1472 nurses (98% women) drawn randomly from union registers.