Analysis of the quality of the information supplied to the patients by specialised outpatient clinical units by means of multilevel model analysis;Análisis de la calidad de la información proporcionada a los pacientes por parte de unidades clínicas especializadas ambulatorias mediante análisis por modelos multinivel

Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-197

  Rodrigo Rincón, Ma Isabel ^a   Vines J J ^c   Guillen Grima F ^b  

^a Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Clinical units; Medical prescription; Multilevel analysis; Patient satisfaction; Way of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 70349090565     PISSN: 11376627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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