Comparison of services of public, private and foreign hospitals from the perspective of Bangladeshi patients

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-230

  Siddiqui, Nazlee ^a   Khandaker, Shahjahan Ali ^b  

^a NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Comparative studies; Foreign hospitals; Health services; Healthcare; Private hospitals; Public hospitals; Quality of services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BANGLADESH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 35348931146     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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