Patient satisfaction is an area of special interest to health care workers. The aim was to investigate if a patient's age, gender or educational background effected their satisfaction with short stay surgery. The results showed that the 275 patients were quite satisfied with the care. The findings did not indicate a correlation between age or gender and patient satisfaction. There is however some agreement implying that patients with a higher educational level have a different view of the care given than patients with lower educational background. A standardization of design and questionnaire is necessary to be able to correlate patient satisfaction related patient characteristics.
