Examining health equity through satisfaction and confidence of patients in primary healthcare in the republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-250

  Rudzik, Alanna E F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribbean region; Health behaviour; Patient satisfaction; Primary healthcare; Quality of healthcare; Socioeconomic factors; Trinidad and Tobago

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0346968369     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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