How reliable are surveys of client satisfaction with healthcare services? Evidence from matched facility and household data in Madagascar

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 368-379

  Glick, Peter ^a  

^a Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Health service quality; Household data; Madagascar; Patient satisfaction; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 58249141317     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.053     Document Type: Article

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