Supplemental Digital Content Table 1. Summary of the Reviewed Research Papers (N=15) No. First author (year) Source 1 de Kok (2007) BMC Cancer, 7, 117-125 Country Subject Instrument (items) Subcategories Netherlands Breast cancer patient QUOTE*breast cancer (45) Education (8), Continuity of care (12), Time schedule (10), Period of admission (6), Focus on the patient (9) Liver diseases patient QUOTE-Liver Disease-and care-specific items (2), (20) Most important items (18) HIV† infected patient QUOTE-HIV† (27) 2 Gutteling (2008) BioMed Central Netherlands Gastroenterolo gy, 8(25) 3 Hekkink (2003) Quality & Safety in Netherlands Health Care, 12(3), 188-193 4 Kuethe (2012) Journal of Asthma, 49(4), Netherlands 966-976 Asthma children 5 Martin (2013) Prenatal Diagnosis, Netherlands 33(4), 341-353 Pregnant women & partner 6 Nijkamp (2002) British Journal of Ophthalmolog y, 86(8), 841842 7 Pallis (2003) Digestion, 68(2-3), 153160 Netherlands Greece Cataract patient ǁ IBD patient Generic items (13), HIV† specific items (14) Importance Performance range range Reliability Validity - - - 4 Likert 4 Likert Internal consistency Item-total correlations Face validity Construct validity Concurrent validity 4 Likert 4 Likert Internal consistency Face validity Construct validity Childspecific quality 7 Likert Internal consistency Construct validity - Process, Structure, Revised Process quality (12), Structure quality AsthmaQUOTE- (8), Asthma specific quality (6), Child specific ‡ CNSLD (31) specific quality (5) quality 4 Likert Generic components (16), Prenatalspecific components (43): [Health prenatal QUOTE education (24), Decision-making 4 Likert (59) support (16), Organizational items (3)] QUOTECataract (31) Generic items (15), Cataract specific items (16) GR§-QUOTEIBDǁ (23) Generic items (10), IBDǁ specific items (13) 4 Likert 4 Likert 4 Likert Internal Face validity consistency Construct Item-total validity correlations 4 Likert Internal Face validity consistency Construct Test-retest validity reliability 4 Likert Test-retest reliability Construct validity Concurrent validity 8 Pieterse (2005) 9 Sixma (2000) 10 Sixma (2001) 11 van Campen (1997) PhsychoOncology, Netherlands 14(5), 361-375 Age and Ageing, 29(2), 173-178 International Journal of Consumer Studies, 25(2), 150-159 4 Likert - Construct validity Concurrent validity Face validity Internal Construct consistency validity Elderly people QUOTEElderly (32) Structure quality (8), Process quality (8), Elderly specific quality (16) 4 Likert 4 Likert Netherlands Occupational Therapy (OT¶) user QUOTE-OT¶ Service (40) Generic aspects (23), OT¶-specific (17) 4 Likert 4 Likert Internal consistency Construct validity Journal of Asthma, 34(6), Netherlands 351-358 Chronic Non Specific Lung Diseases (CNSLD‡) patient QUOTEStructure quality (8), Process quality CNSLD‡ (32) (8), CNSLD‡ specific quality (16) 0-10 0-1 Internal consistency Face validity Construct validity 0-10 0-1 Internal consistency Face validity Construct validity Face validity Construct validity Concurrent validity British Journal of 12 Netherlands Rheumatology, 37(4), 362-368 The American Journal of van der Eijk 13 Gastroenterolo Netherlands (2001) gy, 96(12), 3329-3336 Disability and van der Rehabilitation, 14 Linde Netherlands 29(13), 1049(2007) 1055 van Weert (2009) QUOTE-geneca Generic items (25), Cancer-specific (44) items (19) Netherlands van Campen (1998) 15 Cancer patient European Journal of Cancer, 45(17), 29672976 Netherlands Rheumatism patient QUOTERheumatic Patient (32) Inflammator y Bowel Diseases (IBDǁ) patient QUOTE-IBD (23) Disable people Cancer patient Structure quality (8), Process quality (8), Rheumatic-Patients specific quality patients indicators (16) Generic items (10), IBD specific items (13) 0-10 0-1 Internal consistency Test-retest reliability QUOTEprosthetic (24) Service demand (5), Prosthetic prescription (4), Information (7), Insurance aspects (8) 4 Likert 4 Likert Internal consistency Construct validity QUOTEchemo (67) Cancer-specific issues treatmentrelated information (20), Prognosis information (3), Rehabilitation information (11), Generic issues coping information (7), Interpersonal communication (6), Tailored communication (10), Yes or No Internal consistency Item-total correlations Content validity Construct validity Concurrent validity ǁ ǁ 4 Likert Affective communication (10) *QUOTE=QUality Of care Through patients’ Eyes, †HIV=Human Immune deficiency Virus, ‡Chronic Non Specific Lung Diseases, §GR=Greece, ǁIBD=Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, ¶OT=Occupational Therapy