Towards patient-centered health services in India - A scale to measure patient perceptions of quality

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 414-421

  Rao, Krishna Dipankar ^a   Peters, David H ^b   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Public Health   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Patient perceptions; Patient satisfaction; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INDIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 34547132000     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzl049     Document Type: Article

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