Patient satisfaction in an ambulatory setting: Validation of a scale and identification of associated factors;SATISFACTION DES PATIENTS EN MILIEU AMBULATOIRE: VALIDATION D'UNE ECHELLE ET IDENTIFICATION DE FACTEURS ASSOCIES

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 126, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 864-871

  Perneger, Th V ^a   Stalder, H ^b   Schaller, Ph ^c   Raetzo, M A ^c   Etter, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Onex

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030011134     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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