Patient's utilization and perception of the quality of curative care in community health centers of the fifth commune of Bamako

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 256-261

  Fomba, Seydou ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Zhou, Huan ^a   Liu, Qiaolan ^a   Xiao, Pr Ma ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bamako Mali; community health centers; patients; physicians; quality of health care; satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955320373     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.66882     Document Type: Article

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