Assessment of the quality of leprosy services from the clients' perspective in Thailand

Leprosy Review

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-334

  Kampirapap, Kowit ^a   Vorasayan, Jintana ^a   Poopook, Songkran ^a   Kachen, Sinchai ^a  

^a Raj Pracha Samasai Inst   (Thailand)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEPROSY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THAILAND;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LEPROSY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; THAILAND;

EID: 31544469197     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: 03057518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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