Outsourcing of primary care: Satisfaction level in the Israeli Defense Forces

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 379-384

  Magnezi, Racheli ^a,b   Kedem, Ron ^c   Reuveni, Haim ^b  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c IDF R and D   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; ISRAEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OUTSOURCED SERVICES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 3242686121     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.5.379     Document Type: Article

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