Community satisfaction with the quality of maternal and child health services in Southeast nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 293-299

  Uzochukwu, B S C ^a   Onwujekwe, O E ^a   Akpala, C O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b Natl Prim Hlth Care Devmt Agency   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27744457449     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i6.9178     Document Type: Article

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