An investigation of expectations and perceptions of health-care services with a Latino population

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 190-198

  McGorry, Susan Y ^a  

^a Southern Lehigh Middle School   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Health care; Perception; Service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547346063     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526869910280348     Document Type: Article

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