“…[6][7][8][9] Findings include aspects relating to the coordination of care, 10 information, 3,6,11,12 waiting times, 3,13 and interpersonal relationships between health care personnel and patients. [14][15][16][17][18] Other aspects that have been significantly associated with overall rating of care are the physical settings of the health care center, such as cleanliness and comfort, 8,17 as well as patient characteristics, such as age, 7,10,12,13,16,19,20 sex, 6,21,22 cancer diagnosis, 12,[22][23][24] education level, 10,12,20,22 self-perceived health status, 10,16,17 and metastasis. 17,22 No studies, to our knowledge, have performed multivariate analyses on the determinants of patient satisfaction that distinguish between determinants of prediagnosis care (PDC) and care provided during treatment (CDT), despite the 2 phases of cancer care being distinctly different and requiring different skills from the health care system.…”