Determinants of users' satisfaction with primary health care settings and services in Saudi Arabia

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 523-531

  Al Qatari, Ghazi ^a   Haran, Dave ^b  

^a Department of Primary Health Care ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient satisfaction; Primary health care; Quality assurance; Structure; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1642633646     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/11.6.523     Document Type: Article

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