Measuring patient satisfaction with pharmaceutical services

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 54, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 2721-2732

  Schommer, Jon C ^a   Kucukarslan, Suzan N ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Department of Pharmacy Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration; Methodology; Patients; Phar macy, Institutional, hospital; Pharmacy, community; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 0030844167     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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