Healthcare in the New Vietnam: Comparing patients' satisfaction with outpatient care in a traditional neighborhood clinic and a new, western-style clinic in Ho Chi Minh City

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1229-1236

  Tat, Sonny ^a   Barr, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient satisfaction; Primary care; Quality of care; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; HO CHI MINH CITY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 31144466371     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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