Factors determining client satisfaction with hospital-based perinatal care in Sri Lanka

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1442-1451

  Senarath, Upul ^a,b   Fernando, Dulitha N ^b   Rodrigo, Ishani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Client satisfaction; Developing countries; Patient satisfaction; Perinatal care; Quality of care; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MATERNAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SURVEY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIPARA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL CARE; PRIMIPARA; RANDOMIZATION; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA;

ASIA; EURASIA; NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; PUTTALAM; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33747879002     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01698.x     Document Type: Article

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