Key quality aspect: A fundamental step for quality improvement in a resource-poor setting

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-486

  Su, Tin Tin ^a   Sax, Sylvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Key quality aspects; Nepal; Quality improvement; Quality of care; User's perception of quality; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349907905     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509342433     Document Type: Article

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