Clients' perspective on service quality for type 2 diabetes in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 511-515

  Tabrizi, Jafar S ^a   Wilson, Andrew J ^b   Coyne, Eleanor T ^b   O'Rourke, Peter K ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Focus group discussion; Health care; Qualitative study; Quality indicators; Service quality measure; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; DIABETES EDUCATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 38349011055     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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