Testing the service satisfaction scale in Puerto Rico

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-92

  Negrón Velázquez, Gisela ^a   Alegría, Margarita ^a   Vera, Mildred ^a   Freeman, Daniel H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

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EID: 0039990440     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7189(97)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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