Outcome of patient referral made by the lady health workers in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 209-211

  Afsar, Habib Ahmed ^a   Younus, Muhammad ^b   Gul, Asma ^a,c  

^a Department of Community Medicine ^*  (Pakistan)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAKISTAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 22344452141     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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