Quality of primary health care in Saudi Arabia: A comprehensive review

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 331-346

  Al Ahmadi, Hanan ^a,c   Roland, Martin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Access; Assessment; Effectiveness; Performance improvement; Primary health care; Quality; Quality improvement; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPETENCE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; IMMUNIZATION; LANGUAGE; MATERNAL CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STAFF TRAINING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 27244448299     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzi046     Document Type: Review

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