Quality management in Malaysian public health care

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 204-216

  Manaf, Noor Hazilah Abd ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Health services; Hospitals; Malaysia; Public sector organizations; Quality management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPIRICISM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MALAYSIA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 19944423101     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860510594767     Document Type: Article

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