Addressing the paradoxes of satisfaction with hospital care

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 548-561

  Papanikolaou, Vicky ^a   Ntani, Spyridoula ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

Consumerism; Greece; Hospitals; Patient care

Indexed keywords

AMINEPTINE; DIBENZO[A,D]CYCLOHEPTENE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIBENZOCYCLOHEPTENES; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING, PRIVATE DUTY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52949090787     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860810900709     Document Type: Article

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