Patients' expectations and satisfaction in a teaching hospital outpatient clinic, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-250

  Al Dawood, Kasim M ^a,b   Elzubier, Ahmed G ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Expectations; Outpatient; Satisfaction; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010083192     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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