Patient satisfaction with health services in Bangladesh

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-273

  Andaleeb, Syed Saad ^a   Siddiqui, Nazlee ^b   Khandakar, Shahjahan ^c  

^a Research and Economic Development Center   (United States)

^b NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Health care services; Hospitals; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

BANGLADESH; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34547743876     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czm017     Document Type: Article

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