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Table 3 Results from the sentiment analysis and the distribution among the five quantitative rating categories

From: A cross-sectional study assessing the association between online ratings and clinical quality of care measures for US hospitals: results from an observational study

Nr

Category

N

Sentiment analysis of comments

Quantitative RateMDs Overall Ratings

Positive

Neutral

Negative

One star

Two stars

Three stars

Four stars

Five stars

1

General Impression of the care received

583

41.0%

4.5%

54.5%

21.3%

19.2%

16.0%

19.4%

24.2%

2

Demeanor Staff/Overall

248

46.8%

2.0%

51.2%

20.6%

17.7%

16.1%

18.5%

27.0%

3

Demeanor Nursing

168

36.9%

3.6%

59.5%

21.4%

21.4%

19.6%

19.6%

17.9%

4

Recommendation

152

21.7%

0.7%

77.6%

36.2%

23.7%

17.8%

5.9%

16.4%

5

Cleanliness of the facility

143

37.8%

2.8%

59.4%

32.2%

16.1%

14.0%

16.8%

21.0%

6

Demeanor Physicians

130

33.8%

1.5%

64.6%

21.5%

20.8%

22.3%

19.2%

16.2%

7

Wait time within hospital

127

7.1%

0.8%

92.1%

16.5%

33.9%

26.0%

16.5%

7.1%

8

Effectiveness of the hospital care

124

27.4%

3.2%

69.4%

22.6%

20.2%

21.0%

17.7%

18.5%

9

General Physicians

122

63.9%

7.4%

28.7%

19.7%

9.8%

17.2%

24.6%

28.7%

10

General Nursing

105

65.7%

12.4%

21.9%

7.6%

12.4%

20.0%

38.1%

21.9%

11

General Staff/Overall

102

67.6%

3.9%

28.4%

7.8%

8.8%

10.8%

28.4%

44.1%

12

Effectiveness of the staff care

95

15.8%

0.0%

84.2%

25.3%

31.6%

18.9%

12.6%

11.6%

13

Staff prompt Staff/Overall

89

40.4%

1.1%

58.4%

10.1%

25.8%

20.2%

19.1%

24.7%

14

Service

85

43.5%

2.4%

54.1%

10.6%

23.5%

18.8%

20.0%

27.1%

15

Unintended consequences

83

0.0%

0.0%

100.0%

33.7%

30.1%

26.5%

9.6%

0.0%

16

Facility Building

76

46.1%

7.9%

46.1%

14.5%

11.8%

23.7%

28.9%

21.1%

17

Care Effectiveness Physicians

73

12.3%

1.4%

86.3%

30.1%

26.0%

24.7%

13.7%

5.5%

18

Amount of Costs

57

1.8%

3.5%

94.7%

17.5%

26.3%

36.8%

17.5%

1.8%

19

Coordination of Care

54

16.7%

1.9%

81.5%

16.7%

38.9%

18.5%

11.1%

14.8%

20

Food

53

45.3%

3.8%

50.9%

13.2%

9.4%

15.1%

32.1%

30.2%