Exploring quality perceptions of health care operations: A study of public hospitals of Mauritius

Journal of Hospital Marketing and Public Relations

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 89-111

  Juwaheer, Thanika Devi ^a   Kassean, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Mauritius; Patient care; Patient satisfaction public hospitals; Patients' perceptions; Quality service

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAURITIUS; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; TEAMWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MAURITIUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33748447336     PISSN: 15390942     EISSN: 15390934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J375v16n01_07     Document Type: Review

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