Testing not-so-obvious models of healthcare quality

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-174

  Badri, Masood A ^a   Attia, Samaa Taher ^a   Ustadi, Abdulla M ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b RASHID HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Health services; Quality; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 41149162767     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860810859021     Document Type: Article

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