Quality of psychiatric referrals in Saudi Arabia: A structural equation modeling approach

Neurosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-61

  Qureshi, Naseem A ^a,d   Schmidt, Henk G ^c   Van Der Molen, Henk T ^c   Al Habeeb, Tariq A ^a   Magzoub, Mohi E ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRY; SAUDI ARABIA; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EID: 34250013418     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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