Comparison of patient satisfaction with ambulatory visits in competing health care delivery settings in Geneva, Switzerland

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 463-468

  Perneger, Thomas V ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0029791756     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.4.463     Document Type: Article

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