Patients' perceptions as an indicator of quality of care, in Greek patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-99

  Pallis, Athanasios G ^b,c   Kostagiolas, Petros A ^a,c   Mouzas, Ioannis A ^b   Niakas, Dimitris ^c  

^a IONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Health care; Inflammatory bowel disease; Patient perceptions; Quality of care; QUOTE IBD; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 60449086487     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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