Quality gap, quality of work life and their impact on the performance of an ophthalmologic department

Journal of Medical Marketing: Device, Diagnostic and Pharmaceutical Marketing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-55

  Labiris, Geogios ^a   Petounis, Andreas ^a,b   Kitsos, Geogios ^a   Aspiotis, Miltiades ^c   Psillas, Kostantinos ^c  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Intermedico Network   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

marketing; quality gaps; quality of work life index

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142652474     PISSN: 17457904     EISSN: 17457912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jmm.5040101     Document Type: Article

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