Assessing the quality of physiotherapy services using Servqual

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 197-205

  Curry, Adrienne ^a   Sinclair, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Health care; Perception; Service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844412699     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860210437412     Document Type: Article

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