Unmet care demands as perceived by stroke patients: Deficits in health care?

Quality in Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-35

  Scholte Op Reimer, W J M ^a   De Haan, R J ^a   Rijnders, P T ^a   Limburg, M ^a   Van Den Bos, G A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community care; Patients; Stroke; Unmet care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0032957396     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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