Patient satisfaction with primary health care services in Riyadh

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 432-436

  Al Sakkak, Maher A ^a   Al Nowaiser, Noura A ^b   Al Khashan, Hesham I ^a   Al Abdrabulnabi, Ashraf A ^a   Jaber, Rana M ^a  

^a Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 47549109817     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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