Involving service users in defining and evaluating the service quality of a disability service

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 116-129

  O'Reilly, Paula ^a  

^a Health Service Management   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Customer services quality; Quality; User interfaces

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

DISABLED PERSONS; IRELAND; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33847416552     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860710731816     Document Type: Article

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