Measuring perceived quality of health care services in India

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-186

  Narang, Ritu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Community health centres; Customer services quality; India; Patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 76649135868     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526861011017094     Document Type: Article

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