Primary health care services utilization and satisfaction among the elderly in Asir region, Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 365-371

  Mahfouz, A A ^a   Al Sharif, A I ^b   El Gamal, M N ^b   Kisha, A H ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAUDI ARABIA;

AGED; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANISM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAUDI ARABIA; TEACHING MATERIALS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26044465794     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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